Description
Vintage Metal Coffee Dish handmade brass with porcelain cups made in the middle East by Bedouins in south of Israel 1950’s. Vintage Metal Coffee Dish consists of the upper level of a coffee jar and 6 cup holders and their ceramic cup made in Japan. Then there is the lower level compartment to store the sweet Arabian cakes served to visitors while drinking the bitter Bedouin coffee. Two of the porcelain cups have a slight imperfection as seen in photos. One is in different design as a replacement due to age. Once polished, the brass gets a shiny glamour of gold sparkling shine.
Dimension diameter 31 cm X 17 cm approximately.
After the stone ages, mankind found a great use of metal. Such as copper dishes for daily use and many more instruments. The use of copper . brass. iron , silver and gold started as soon as the metal was found. There were abundant metal to find and make use of them. As time passed there was a great progress in producing a large variety of good and also in their designs. Each civilization introduced their knowledge and demand for the product. That is the flavor given to these items from their natal neighborhood. Vintage Middle East Dishes are found all over the world with their cultural finger prints. One can find Vintage Middle East Dishes from Egypt , Turkey , Lebanon , Israel and all over the middle East with different local variants like hand hammering, silver or gold inlaid designs.
