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Description
The body of the samovar is made in the form of a vase with a high neck. The wall is smooth, with embossed floral patterns. Handles are made up of paired plates curved upwards. The lid is convex, with a high smooth top, on the lid there is a strip of chased ornament with floral motifs. Along the edge of the lid there is a high serrated rim with a chased pattern of a vegetable nature. The grip on the lid and the stuffing box is carved, pyramidal in shape with a high cone-shaped pommel. The ring is low, dull, with a chased pattern of plant motifs. Faucet spout is smooth, with a protrusion on the nose. Valve handle in the form of a bracket composed of two curved plates connected in the center by an annular plate. The neck is high, with two tiers of blowing. Ash-pit slots the rhombic shape. The base is round, with a curly lower edge. The legs are stylized under the feet, protrude forward. At the junction of the legs to the base – curly overlays in the form of a pair of wings. A pipe is attached to the samovar. The handle of the pipe is parallel to the body, with conical ends, attached to the body of the pipe using two curved round rods. On the body of the pipe a hammered ornament of a vegetable nature. On the pipe there is a cap, dome-shaped with a carved grip of a pyramidal shape. At the bottom there is a stamp: “BADF Fabque au Maroc.”
Dimensions – 40 × 22 × 22 cm.; pipe – h-23 d1-6 d2-4.5 cm.
