Baba Yaga’s Chicken Hut ~ Sugar Bowl

Description

In Russian tales, Baba Yaga is portrayed as a hag who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder and sweeping away the tracks behind her with a broom made of silver birch. She lives in hut that moves around the forests on a pair of dancing chicken legs. The keyhole to her front door is a mouth filled with sharp teeth; the fence outside is made with human bones with skulls on top, often with one fence pole lacking its skull, leaving space for the hero or heroes. In another legend, Baba Yaga’s Chicken Hut does not reveal the door until it is told a magical phrase: “Turn your back to the forest, your front to me”.

This beautiful sugar bowl can be used for sugar OR as a hidden sweetening spell. Fill with sugar then write anyones name you wish to sweeten to you (lover, boss, a judge) on a shred of paper and use the chimney spoon to push the namepaper / spell / petitions down within.

Sneaky no?

Gzhel is a Russian style of blue and white ceramics which takes its name from the village of Gzhel and surrounding area, where it has been produced since 1802. About thirty villages located southeast of Moscow produce pottery and ship it throughout Russia. The name Gzhel became associated with pottery in the 14th century. Gzhel pottery was originally created by potters in their homes; however, fairly early on these potters started to organize into workshops to increase production. The workshops eventually became a factory with pieces being formed in moulds and potters being responsible for separate pieces, a specific style, or decoration. The earliest pieces were created of earthenware. The pottery was painted solid white with distinctive blue designs.

Made in Russia