Kumme (vessel)
Kumme made of Meissen porcelain , around 1735
As Kumme (also Kumm ), f. pl: Kummen , in northern Germany a medium-sized, handle-less vessel made of wood or ceramic is called. The word is used in Middle Low German and means a "round, deep vessel" or a "deep, round bowl, wooden bowl" or "deep bowl, bowl", mnd. also "bowl, vat".
In the 18th century, the bowl was part of a classic tea and breakfast service at European courts. The tea, which was precious at the time, was then drunk from small, handleless cups and then the tea leaves were rinsed in the bowl. In the first half of the 18th century, the kummies were preferably decorated with chinoiseries .
literature
- Friedrich Kluge : Etymological dictionary of the German language . 24th edition. de Gruyter, Berlin 2002
- Digital dictionary of the German language , published by Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- Gloria Ehret: porcelain . Augsburg 1992, p. 139
- Anna Christa Funk: porcelain. Collection of Laufenberg-Wittmann . Hagen 1967, p. 15
Web links
- Object database Kumme van-ham.com
- Kumme with the coat of arms of Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. Museum of Art and Commerce Hamburg
- Spülkumme, Meißen around 1740. museum-digital.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language , keyword: "Kumpf", p. 546.
- ↑ cum. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 11 : K - (V). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1873 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ cum. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved October 12, 2019
- ↑ Stylistics: Koppchen 18th century. In: Weltkunst, the art magazine of ZEIT . December 7, 2016 ( weltkunst.de [accessed November 25, 2017]).