If you ask for ibrik in Sarajevo (or in all Bosnia and Herzegovina), you’ll get to know that it has nothing common with Turkish one, coffee pot with long handle. Here, it’s a water ewer made from steel or aluminium. During Ottoman period it was often used in kitchens, bathrooms and toilettes, to get water to wash hands or to replace toilette paper.
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I wish you a nice weekend,
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Léia
Hmmm, how would I drink out of it?
OdpowiedzUsuńA great cup of coffee I'm sure
OdpowiedzUsuńBeautifully archaic ... speaks of another time ...
OdpowiedzUsuńThat's very beautiful. I love old appliances like that. I have old metal wash tubs in my garden.
OdpowiedzUsuńBeautiful shape! And I bet the water is kept cold in it.
OdpowiedzUsuńIt has a lovely worn feeling. Your composition is excellent.
OdpowiedzUsuńWe often take for granted things like indoor plumbing and running water, don't we? :)
OdpowiedzUsuńThis is similar to ones I've seen in the U.S. when I was a child. I'm sure we used one of these on my grandmother's farm in northern Minnesota.
OdpowiedzUsuńI've never seen such an item. It looks very interesting and I'm sure it lived many useful days.
OdpowiedzUsuńThat's a beautiful old item!
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