Pitsche
A Pitsche is a screw-top bottle made of tin (Zinnpitsche). The old Czech expression “Pici” for “drinking utensils” or Middle High German “Püteche” for tub is the name for round, square, hexagonal or octagonal pewter bottles with a screw cap and a - often - decorated carrying handle.
If the pitcher has a spout, it is referred to as a "screw can". In the 18th century, farmers and artisans often took their drinks (e.g. cider) with them to work in these pewter bottles. Also known in Tyrol as the “Notburgakanne” because St. Notburga von Rattenberg , as the patroness of the maidservants , is often represented with a screw can.
literature
- Frieder Aichele: Tin. Battenberg antiques catalogs, Battenberg Verlag, Munich 1977, ISBN 3- 87045-131-9.
- Berthold F. Müller (Ed.): Zinn-Taschenbuch. Metall-Verlag, Berlin 1975, p. 163ff.
Web links
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