Late Meiji Period Japanese Iron Choshi Sake Kettle With Glass Bead Decorative stable base

stable base

Dimensions:  W - 47cm

which we believe is an accounting record or a doctors record of this village

It would have been used to carry rice when working on the paddy fields

Late Meiji Period Japanese Iron Choshi Sake Kettle With Glass Bead Decorative stable baseHere we have a beautiful Japanese Tetsubins (iron kettle) more specifically a Choshi sake kettle dating back to the late Meiji (1890) to the early Showa Era (1930). This kettle illustrates the traditional arare (hailstone) pattern which is characterised by a textured, dimple surface alongside the handcrafted metal handle and flat brass lid with a green glass bead. Traditional uncoated Tetsubins are intended for boiling water only as this process is