In the seventeenth century, ewers of similar pattern, but made of metal, were the favorite coffee-serving devices in oriental countries and in western Europe.
In the Metropolitan Museum in New York there are some beautiful specimens of Persian and Egyptian ewers in faience, probably used for coffee service.
L]--Persian, Egyptian, and Turkish ewers made of pottery are first used for serving coffee.
Defn: An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.
The use of ewers and basin was very necessary both before and after meals when knives and spoons were little used and it was no uncommon thing for two persons to eat out of one dish.
There are many ewers and some bowls or basins of bronze.
There are other objects such as bowls, dishes, and ewers showing similar decorations, many of which may be seen along with this example in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Among them are charming little ewers with long projecting spouts and curiously wrought curved handles ornamented with masks and shells.
Such brass ewers and basins, known as aquamaniles, mostly of bronze (one of Continental make is illustrated in Fig.
The wine was transferred for the table to glass jugs, or long-spouted ewers (ibreeks).
Kunckel's name has become attached to certain large ewers and beakers of ruby glass.
Among them I noticed some graceful little cruet-shaped ewers of a pale pinkish glass--the colour apparently obtained from gold--and also some glass lamps of rounded conical form similar to those used in Cairo.
I seated myself upon a stone bench, when, at a signal made by him, two black slaves approached with ewers of water, one for the hands, and the other with a silver basin for my feet.
Because the water in them freezes; and as the water is expanded by frost, it bursts the ewers to make room for its increased volume.
After this Daulat Khatun made ready wine and its service, setting on the ewers and bowls and she proceeded to crown the cups and give Badi'a al-amal to drink, filling for herself after and drinking in turn.
Wrapped in his cloak, his white hair gleamimg amid the wonderful ewers and dishes, he had the aspect of some wizard or alchemist, of whom a woman might ask poison for her rival, or a philter for her lover.
Being seated, supper was set before them, and after it basins and ewersto wash their hands.
The basins and ewersfor washing were of pure gold set with jewels.
And when our hostess and her daughter had seen that the room was in perfect order, the fire burning well, the beds turned down, the ewers filled, etc.
The answer seemed to set her at rest, for her countenance lost its wild terror, and she proceeded with cheerful alacrity to light the fire, fill the ewers and so forth.
No household work had been done for a week; her bed was disgusting, and ewers and basins were standing about in all directions.
On the 19/29th, one Mr. Bridgewood, a merchant, sent me a silver basin and ewers for a present.
Captain Robert Pemberton, of his majesty's land forces Lieutenants Ewers and Fielding, ditto Vincent Oakley, surgeon of ditto And two marines.
The ewers and bottles are of elegant forms, resembling those of Italy, sometimes perforated and ornamented with masks and flowers in relief, or painted yellow.
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