Museum's gems
Copper Pot
Copper Pot

In the Ethnographic Fund of the National History Museum of Azerbaijan, there are different examples of nearly 80 copperware types. Special place in the collection is occupied by the copper pots, most of which are professionally decorated with delicate floral and geometric ornaments. Belonging to a tableware group, these pots had been used during banquets and for cooking and storing dairy products. The pot shown in the picture has a diameter of 28.5 cm, seat diameter of 11 cm, and the height of 19 cm. Along with Sadi Shirazi’s poem, greetings to twelve infallibles (imams) are engraved on this XVIII century item.

Information about the exhibit
Title:
Copper Pot
Date:
XVIII əsr
Place:
Azərbaycan
Dimensions:
Diametri 28,5 sm, oturacağının diametri 11 sm, hündürlüyü 19 sm-dir
Inventory number:
EF 1514