ANTIQUE ROMANIAN TERRACOTTA BOWL At the top of each

At the top of each candlestick is a dome with a metallic candle cup

It bears weight

A rather sinister tale lies beneath this ancient marvel

which could indicate this would have also been used as an ashtray

the colour is a deep

ANTIQUE ROMANIAN TERRACOTTA BOWL At the top of eachIn 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