SC - Russian Milk Pan

[Jenn/Yana]

>I just got a huge antique brass Russian milk pan 
>(early 19th c.) for a steal on Ebay.
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>Was this kind of item used in actual milking or allowing the 
>cream to separate?  Or could it be used to make some
>traditional dish like the British method for making clotted
>cream? The bottom is rounded so it doesn't seem to have
>been used for cooking on a stove either.

Maybe for making tvorog (farmer's cheese) or smetana (sour cream)?  I don't
think I'd let something that sounds so pretty in the barn for one of the
cows to kick.  Will it stand up on its own or does it fall over?  Perhaps
it would have sat in another container (warm water bath, raised trivet, etc).

>The design for all I know dates back to
>Viking Rus.  Does anyone in the Scandinavian area have 
>any data on how this was tradionally used in rural households?  
>I can email a pic if it will help envision this thing.

I can check against my archeological sources if I can get a picture.  :)

- --Yana
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