This one isn't really a tajine; it is a condensation chamber used to distill/extract. There is a great example of one being used on the Tales of the Green Valley DVD set. One uses cool cloths on the outside of the ‘bell’ to encourage the vapors inside to condense, these are then collected in a inner lip or ring, and pour out via a spout on the lower edge of the bell (not visible in this picture). Quite handy for distilling flower and herbal essences and a fun demonstration to run at events!
Me, too! These distillers (called alembics) appear in some of Bruegel's works and also Hieronymus Braunschweig wrote a book of distillation. If you google image search "Hieronymus Braunschweig distillation", you will find some examples, including this:
I took some pictures of a mid-17thC glass distilling jar to help explain to potters how the inside should be shaped and fit onto the, uhm, mash pot. (I'm sure there is a word for it.)
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Date: 2010-06-22 10:46 pm (UTC)Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-23 06:17 pm (UTC)There are so many simple ceramics like this that I want (and you want) and refuse to pay tons for.
Hopefully there will be another ceramics class offered here in July/August and I'm signing up for it!
Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-23 06:34 pm (UTC)Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-24 12:31 am (UTC)http://www.alchemywebsite.com/virtual_museum/book_of_distillation_room.html
I took some pictures of a mid-17thC glass distilling jar to help explain to potters how the inside should be shaped and fit onto the, uhm, mash pot. (I'm sure there is a word for it.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottm/79262241/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottm/79262200/
Ta!
Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-24 03:28 pm (UTC)