Water Pot Called "su Kabi" In Tinned Copper, From Turkey, Early 20th Century

This type of pot, almost impossible to find today, was used to transport water.
Used mainly in cities to go to the fountain or the well.
In the countryside, the use of terracotta was more common.
Pottery is made in many regions of Anatolia.
The use of metal utensils was not yet widespread everywhere in the 1950s/1960s and especially in the countryside.
In tinned copper, these pots kept the water fresh and were nicely decorated with friezes and often hammered.
The manufacture of su kabi was done from the end of the 19th century to the 1950s and are today objects of curiosity or decoration.
Copper and iron work in Turkey is practiced in certain cities: Kaisery, Tokat, Brousse but also in Istanbul, near the Bayezid mosque.
Object of popular art, simple and rustic, it is nonetheless the memory of certain populations The water chore was mainly the work of women, going to fetch water from the fountains of the cities.
Size : Height: 44 cm - Diameter: 25 cm - weight: 2684 grs
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