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Description: | Part of a set NCMG 2005-26/1-7. /1 tray; /2 coffee pot; /3 sugar bowl; /4,5 metal cup holders; /6,7 ceramic cups. Small, individual coffee service
Small metal cup holder with no handle. Narrow base, tapering sides until about half way up and then straight sides with embossed scroll design. Identical to NCMG 2005-26/5. Scroll design matches that on tray NCMG 2005-26/1.
Nowadays the cups have handles but this is traditional (without), the bowl would have been used for sugar cubes or Turkish delight.
It is made from copper, both examples of metal work are created by using special tools they are hand made by a specialist, using a hammer. Now in the capital (Sarajevo) they make them in front of you.
The design or patterns used in the coffee services are common to all of the country, they are very traditional and were inherited from the Ottoman/Osmanian empire five or six hundred years ago. They variations that are found come from the artist not the region.
This type of pattern is only found in kitchen wares, and furniture, it’s the arabesque influence.
Accession number: NCMG 2005-26/4 | Subjects: | food and drink Bosnian | Temporal: | 2000c. | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Sarajevo | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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