Ladle
Ladle
Producer
Madoš Ondrej
SKU
26519114
Techniques
carving (production technique)
Material
wood
Craft
wood craft, woodcarving
Dimensions
črpák: height = 15.5 cm; črpák: height = 9.0 cm; črpák: diameter = 10.0 cm
About product
Wooden drink container. Cylindrical body tapering slightly upwards. Elaborately profiled and carved handle attached to the body of the container at the top with a nail, at the bottom with a brass decorative band embossed throughout. On the top of the handle, a carved pair facing each other (man and woman) in folk costumes, below them a carved text. Ladle of central Slovak type.
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 –...
