ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY HAND MADE SOLID BRASS AND COPPER OMANI PERSIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN COFFEE POT WITH HAND ENGRAVED DECOR
GENERALLY KNOWN AS AN OMANI DALLAH , THIS ITEM WAS HAND MADE AND HAND ENGRAVED DURING THE 18th CENTURY FROM SOLID BRASS WITH COPPER RIVETING AND BASED UPON THE STYLE AND DECOR OF THE ITEM MOST LIKELY ORIGINATES FROM NIZWA.
THE RAW COFFEE BEAN WAS ROASTED BEFORE BEING USED THEREBY KEEPING ALL ITS STRENGTH , AFTER WHICH IT WAS POUNDED FINE AND WHILE BOILING, TWO HERBS WERE ADDED (HEYL & SAFFRON) FOR FLAVOR. SOME FIBERS OF PALM BARK ARE THEN PLACED INTO THE SPOUT OF THE COFFEE POT WHICH ACT AS A STRAINER WHILE THE COFFEE IS POURED INTO TINY CUPS
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE STYLES OF COFFEE POT HAVE NO LONGER BEEN MANUFACTURED FOR APPROX SIXTY YEARS AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY OTHER FORMS. THIS ANTIQUE COFFEE POT HAS BEEN HAND ENGRAVED ALONG THE BODY AND UPON HINGED LID. ORIGINALLY THE ITEMS SCROLL HANDLE WILL HAVE BEEN COVERED BY A LAYER OF GENUINE LEATHER BUT THIS IS NO LONGER PRESENT.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE ITEM WHICH IS VERY SELDOM ENCOUNTERED
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM DOES HAVE AN ENGRAVED AREA WHICH APPEARS TO BE A SIGNATURE CARTOUCHE BUT THIS IS WORN DOWN WITH AGE AND NO LONGER LEGIBLE.
CONDITION : THE COFFEE POT HAS WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH ITS AGE SUCH AS SMALL DENTS ETC BUT IS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT DECORATIVE CONDITION. IT HAS NO OXIDATION AND NO HOLES ETC
SIZE : 23.5cm HEIGHT WITH FINIAL.....14.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....8.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....8cm DIAMETER OF RIM..... 10.5cm DIAMETER OF BODY.....18cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
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