ANTIQUE ROMANIAN TERRACOTTA BOWL They were seen as expendable

They were seen as expendable

evolving from a mundane bowl made for quotidian uses

The headrest also played a role in nuptial ceremonies

is a traditional drinking cup native to the Aosta Valley

The host lights the drink on fire and then passes it on to guests

ANTIQUE ROMANIAN TERRACOTTA BOWL They were seen as expendableIn many rural parts of Romania long ago, people used terracotta vessels for a multitude of everyday uses. This antique terracotta bowl was, perhaps surprisingly, once used as a casserole dish. Used to prepare and cook meals in such as meat stews, which included rabbit or other hunted game layered between varying strata of vegetables, this dish would have been then covered either with more of a heat resistant starch like potato or with a cloth dipped