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Description
The body is cylindrical in shape, the wall is engraved with faces and wide ovals; on the frontal oval there is an engraving of a bouquet of flowers and branches. The circle is wide, flat. with a relief on the edge in the form of convex rectangles. Stepped lid, crown slots in the shape of crescents and curly rhombus. The handles are made up of paired plates curved upwards connected by an oval convex overlay. Escutcheon plate oval, stylized as a flower outlet. Faucet spout is faceted, the nose has a relief overlay. The valve handle is 8-shaped, with short branches. On the neck there is a rectangular window for setting fire to the wick and clamps for attaching the body to the kerosene burner. The burner tank is in the form of a round box on three triangular legs, along the side face – an annular ledge. On the top of the box is a removable wide ring with round slotted blowing. Inside the ring is a wick. On the top of the box there is a round filler cap for kerosene, and an indicator of filling the tank with kerosene: a round plate with divisions and an arrow. The burner can also be used for a kerosene lamp: a removable lamp glass and an extension for the wick in the form of a hollow rod with a round lid and a hole are included. On the lid is a stamp: “самоварное производство В. И. Полосатова, быв. мастера ф-ки Вас. Павл. Баташева в Тул”
60 × 34 × 35 cm. Tube: l-44, d-17 cm.
