Ladle
Ladle
Producer
Madoš Ondrej
SKU
26519201
Techniques
chip-carver, engraving, woodcarving
Material
metal, wood
Craft
wood craft, woodcarving
Dimensions
črpák: height = 17.0 cm črpák: height = 8.5 cm črpák: diameter = 9.5 cm
About product
Wooden shepherd’s drinking vessel of cylindrical shape, slightly widened at the bottom, made of pear wood, with a brass embossed ring – plant motifs and three birds, bottom part of a sturdy flat handle with an oval cutout and four protrusions, adorned with embossed plant motifs. In the upper part of the handle ending in a notch, there is a sculpture of a seated male figure above a shot deer. On the front side of the handle, a metal Slovak symbol “soldier of the republic” is engraved.
Woodcarver, musician, storyteller, shepherd used to make sheepherder’s dishes – ladles and bowls also from spruce burls, fujaras, whistles from basswood, but also from cherry wood, agate, maple, as he used to say and it’s true –...
