MASSIVE ANTIQUE AFGHAN COFFEE POT CIRCA LATE 1800S FOR COPPER COLLECTORS, A VERITABLE MUSEUM PIECE! Start Price AUD 125.00 Current Price AUD 145.50 Time Left - Bid Count 5 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 11, 2008 End Time Friday, November 21, 2008 Location Sydney, NSW See more about 'MASSIVE ANTIQUE AFGHAN COFFEE POT CIRCA LATE 1800S' Description HANDBEATEN FROM HEAVY COPPER SHEET WITH A SOLID BRASS COLLAR AROUND THE BASE AND A ROUGHLY CAST BRASS HANDLE, IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND A MORE CRUDELY MADE UTENSIL THAN THIS ONE, BUT IT IS A MAGNIFICENT SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF REMOTE VILLAGE COPPERSMITHS IN 19TH CENTURY AFGHANISTAN.THE COFFEE POT IS 37CM TALL, HOLDS AN IMMENSE 2.75 LITRES (MORE THAN 5 PINTS ON THE OLD SCALE) AND WAS TRADITIONALLY DESIGNED FOR USE ON TRIBAL CAMPFIRES (SEE OUR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BASE), BUT FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ARRESTING DISPLAY PIECES IN THE FOYER OF A SOUTHERN NSW MANOR HOUSE OWNED BY THE DESCENDANTS OF A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER WHO WE ARE TOLD, ACQUIRED THIS SUPERB PIECE DURING HIS SERVICE ON INDIA'S NORTHERN BORDERS IN THE EARLY 1900'S.WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE COFFEE POT EXACTLY AS IT CAME TO US AND WHILE A FASTIDIOUS COLLECTOR WILL PROBABLY WISH TO POLISH IT FURTHER, THAT WILL SIMPLY ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THIS MOST DESIRABLE, RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM. Place a Bid!