Hallo ,please could anyone identify this item?thank you!
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Such kettles are known as ‘Pava hornillo’ (kettle with internal brazier), and the supporting feet indicate that a flame underneath the kettle would not have been required. Tea was not as widespread in South America as in Europe, as two other infused beverages were more popular due to their local plantations: chocolate, which became a fashionable drink consumed by mainland Spanish aristocracy, and ‘Paraguay tea’, known today as yerba mate. This beverage originated in the Pre-Colombian period, and derives from the dried leaves of the South American holly. Yerba mate was enjoyed in salons and official gatherings of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, a colonial administrative district.