AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM

AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST
CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING
CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM

	am pm	Welcome, Guest. If this is your first visit to COCIA, be sure to check out the many references on the Help Board. You will have to Login or Register, before you can post. Click the register TAB below to proceed or to start viewing messages, simply select the Board that you want to visit.

Our Forums

Forum Help

Camp Oven Temperature Chart

Forum Support

AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM › Camp Oven & Outdoor Cooking › Cooking In Alternate Cooking Devices › RUSSIAN SAMOVAR

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

RUSSIAN SAMOVAR (Read 5157 times)

Nov 24^th, 2012 at 6:35pm

Kingsthorpe David Offline
COCIA Hall Of Fame
Joined: Oct 6^th, 2008 at 11:00am
Last online: Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 2:34pm

Gender:
Zodiac sign:
Posts: 3267

I just found a Russian Samovar for sale in a local antique shop, think I will go back tomorrow and buy it.
Never heard of them before.
Similar to the ebay listing given below.
It is like an Aussie Bush Kettle or Thermette Kettle with a double skin and tube up the centre for charcoal. Vents at the bottom and top.
A kettle sits in the basket on top to brew the Russian tea.
It stopped me dead in my tracks when I saw it.
Might haggle on the price as I always do with antique shops.

ANTIQUE RUSSIAN COPPER SAMOVAR:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ANTIQUE-RUSSIAN-COPPER-SAMOVAR-TEA-URN-MARKED-TULA-19...

As Beryl is a keen tea drinker I dont think she will object!

KD - Yamba

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2012 at 9:17pm

Derek Offline
COCIA Owner
The "Camp Oven Cook"
Joined: Nov 10^th, 2003 at 2:00pm
Last online: Today at 11:42am

Gender:
Mood:
Zodiac sign:
Posts: 18974

We have a genuine antique hand beaten Samovar here at home. Will take a photo of it tomorrow. Maggie bought it in India.

This one looks nothing like the photo in that eBay advert.

Retired
Camp Oven Cook

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Nov 25^th, 2012 at 1:33am

LG Offline
COCIA Diamond Member
I Love COCIA
Joined: Sep 5^th, 2011 at 10:29pm
Last online: Aug 1^st, 2018 at 5:52pm

Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia

Gender:
Mood:
Zodiac sign:
Posts: 1124

Kingsthorpe David wrote on Nov 24^th, 2012 at 6:35pm:

As Beryl is a keen tea drinker I dont think she will object!

I feel another camp oven purchase in the wind.... lol Wink

The judge's decision is final... unless the 3rd umpire is called for... or a facebook campaign goes viral !!!

All comments are my personal opinion only and/or based on real life experiences. No debate will be entered into.

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Nov 25^th, 2012 at 6:13am

Kingsthorpe David Offline
COCIA Hall Of Fame
Joined: Oct 6^th, 2008 at 11:00am
Last online: Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 2:34pm

Gender:
Zodiac sign:
Posts: 3267

Derek wrote on Nov 24^th, 2012 at 9:17pm:

We have a genuine antique hand beaten Samovar here at home. Will take a photo of it tomorrow. Maggie bought it in India.

This one looks nothing like the photo in that eBay advert.

After a few internet searches, it appears there are Russion, Turkish, Indian etc Samovars, all a bit different. Look forward to the picture of Maggies.
I can just imagine this being used at a COG, along with Astro's clockwork spitroast!

KD

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Nov 26^th, 2012 at 12:02pm

Derek Offline
COCIA Owner
The "Camp Oven Cook"
Joined: Nov 10^th, 2003 at 2:00pm
Last online: Today at 11:42am

Gender:
Mood:
Zodiac sign:
Posts: 18974

Here you go David.

This is 600 mm or a good old 2 feet high.

The main handle and top knob look to be solid brass. The hanging chain looks to be solid entwined copper. The main construction is unknown but looks as though it is tinned or made from solid tin. I have difficulty lifting it.

The patterning is obviously hand beaten.

When purchased it was still in use on a houseboat and had been with the family since before current memory so unsure of origins. Much haggling and a lot of dollars secured it.

It is a nice old samovar and valued at "many" thousands of dollars. Possibly made specifically for the family at the time and a one off construction as are many of them.

Beware of reproductions.

That clock sitting beside it is quite old as well