Samovar
Object NameSamovar
MediumBrass
DimensionsA: 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
B: 5 1/4 diameter at top × 2 1/2 in. diameter at base (13.3 × 6.4 cm)
C: 17 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (44.5 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Metal
Credit LineTranferred from Home Management Department. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number74.10.71a-c
Status
On viewCollections
CultureRussian
Label TextA Samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia, as well as in other Central, South-Eastern, Eastern European countries, Kashmir and in the Middle-East. Since the heated water is typically used to make tea, many samovars have a ring-shaped attachment around the chimney to hold and heat a teapot filled with tea concentrate.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum
Object Name: Tea Service
S.C. Younge & Co. Silversmiths
c. 1821-1826
Object number: 4.8.6a-e
Object Name: Tea set and plates and platter
Rosenthal
Object number: 85.12.1aa-gg
