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Decanter with stopper. A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters, [1] which have a varied shape and design, have been traditionally made from glass or crystal. Their volume is usually equivalent to one standard bottle of wine (0.75 litre). [2]
A Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet containing two or three decanters.Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. The aim of that is to stop unauthorised people from drinking the contents (in particular, "servants and younger sons getting at the whisky"), [1] while still allowing them to be on show.
Journal of European Economic History 41.3 (2012): 69+. Matthee, Rudolph P. The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730 (Cambridge University Press, 2000) Schiltz, Michael. Accounting for the Fall of Silver: Hedging Currency Risk in Long-Distance Trade with Asia, 1870-1913 (Oxford University Press, 2020) ISBN 0198865023
Silver is estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold. [14] There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in about 4000 BC.
Pair of silver cruets from the Warsaw's Cathedral with letters A and V by Michael Mair, 1695-1700, Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese. Cruets range from nominal decanters to the highly decorative cut glass. Some cruets are unusual, and can either be intended to be ornamental or functional.
A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of ... even months, to come up with the next idea. I called in experts from the history of theology ...
Standing Cup by the William B. Durgin Company, gold, circa 1900. The William B. Durgin Company (1853–1924) was a noted American sterling silver manufacturer based in Concord, New Hampshire, and one of the largest flatware and hollowware manufacturers in the United States.
Silver is often found as a by-product during the retrieval of copper, lead, zinc, and gold ores. [12] Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes alongside gold: [13] while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. [14]