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Finnish markka banknotes (1922) Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈsɑːrɪnən /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. [1][2]
An 1800s samovar, for comparison. In classical antiquity, an authepsa or autepsa (Ancient Greek: αὐθέψης, authépsēs; from αὐτός + ἕψω, "self-boiling", "self-cooking") [ 1 ] was a vessel used for water heating. Basically, it was a vase with a central tube used to keep coals. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities describes ...
Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought this type of porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and ...
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Boris Kustodiev, 1918. Tea is an important part of Russian culture. Due in part to Russia's cold northern climate, it is today considered the de facto national beverage, [1] one of the most popular beverages in the country, [2] and is closely associated with traditional Russian culture. Russian tea is brewed and can be served sweet, and hot or ...
Urn. An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal. Describing a vessel as an "urn", as opposed to a vase or other terms, generally reflects its use rather than any particular shape or origin. The term is especially often used for funerary urns, vessels used in burials, either to ...
English: (a) Ovid body with fluting at top and bottom. Beaded vertical scroll handles fastened to body with twin leaves and berries. Fluted and foliated spigot with bone handle.
The history of tea spreads across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. The tea plant Camellia sinensis is native to East Asia and probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. [1][2][3] One of the earliest accounts of tea drinking is dated back to China's Shang dynasty, in which tea was ...