Sherbet Pitcher Top with Bird Figurine

The word sherbet comes from the Arabic word “shariba”, which means “to drink”. Evliya Çelebi
writes in his travel book that he drank poppy sherbet along with pomegranate, apricot and rhubarb sherbet in Bitlis. Sherbet and sherbet making were among the most important elements of Ottoman Empire cuisine culture. Aside from serving along with food, cinnamon sherbet, served hot, was the most popular drink in the winter, and grape and honey sherbet in the summer.
And offering pomegranate sherbet was considered as a polite gesture.

In our previous article about sherbet pitchers, we mentioned the important place of sherbet in our history. Now we introduce you a special object simply attached to the top of the sherbet pitchers. Please see this sherbet pitcher top with a bird figurine. This rather delicate object is perhaps one of the important figures of the sherbet culture, not quite known. We have a number of different examples of this in our collection.

Isn’t it decorative and so aesthetic? Apart from the sherbet pitchers, sherbet pitcher tops are a separate collection subject and a collection item on their own.