{"product_id":"19th-century-honeycombed-urfa-water-jar-small","title":"Honeycombed Urfa Water Jar, Small","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese small jars were made in Urfa, in Turkey's southeast, where the summers run long and a household kept its drinking water standing in the house rather than drawn fresh through the day. Unglazed walls sweat a little, and the water evaporating off the outside carries the heat away with it, which is how a jar like this kept what it held cool through the afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is small enough to be lifted in one hand and set down where it was wanted, which is what the smallest jars in a household were for: the water in reach, not the water in store. Its walls were built up by hand rather than turned on a wheel, so no two run the same thickness and the rim rises and falls around the mouth where a thumb finished it. The surface is pitted right through, from pinholes to voids the width of a thumbnail, heaviest in a band around the upper body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday it works on a table, a shelf or a mantel, holding dried stems or standing empty as an object in its own right. Its small scale and worn surface bring texture and a sense of age to a contemporary interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kasa Petra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46934084616353,"sku":"KP-0064","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/2346\/9217\/files\/Lokasyon2000pxKare858.jpg?v=1787894904","url":"https:\/\/kasapetra.com\/products\/19th-century-honeycombed-urfa-water-jar-small","provider":"Kasa Petra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}