ANTIQUE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL 5 MEDAL 1st SORT JAR SHAPED SAMOVAR K. D. GORNINA, TULA

ANTIQUE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL 5 MEDAL 1. MADE BY: KONDRATIVA DIMITRIVICHA GORNINA. This samovar was rescued from villages in post WW2 Belarus. IT is not in working condition. The medals are awards that were received at competiions around Russia.

This is a very rare and unique historical piece. 1908, 1887, 1896,1887, 1898.

They are Bronze and Silver medals stamped on the samovar, marked with the imperial stamps of the Tzar. A samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia, as well as in other Central, South-Eastern, Eastern European countries, Kashmir and in the Middle-East. Since the heated water is typically used to make tea, many samovars have a ring-shaped attachment around the chimney to hold and heat a teapot filled with tea concentrate. The item "ANTIQUE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL 5 MEDAL 1st SORT JAR SHAPED SAMOVAR K.

GORNINA, TULA" is in sale since Saturday, September 10, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Russian". The seller is "adamodenni" and is located in Bellmore, New York.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

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