Ban Phan Thom

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Ban Phan Thom |native_name = บ้านพานถม |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = |image_skyline= Bangkok wat tri thotsathep 002.jpg |image_caption = [[Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan]], a prominent local temple | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Phra Nakhon District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Phra Nakhon District|Phra Nakhon]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 0.414 | area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 6,092 |population_density_km2 =  |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =  |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ban Phan Thom''' ({{langx|th|บ้านพานถม}}, {{IPA|th|bâːn pʰāːn tʰǒm|pron}}) is a community and a ''[[khwaeng]]'' (sub-district) of [[Phra Nakhon]] District, [[Bangkok]].

==History== Ban Phan Thom is a traditional community since the early [[Rattanakosin period]] alike [[Ban Bu]] and [[Ban Chang Lo]] in [[Thonburi]]'s [[Bangkok Noi]] District, [[Ban Bat]] and Ban Dok Mai of [[Pom Prap Sattru Phai]] District, as well as Ban Chang Thong on [[Ti Thong Road]] etc. They are all communities of craft artisans since ancient times.<ref name=mo/>

For Ban Phan Thom was a community having been set up since the early Rattanakosin period by people from [[Nakhon Si Thammarat province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]] in [[southern Thailand|southern region]]. The community, built up from their household member's cooperation, was called "Ban Phan Thom" because of its specialization in making ''Khrueang Thom'' ([[Niello|nielloware]]), either for household utensils for decorations. During [[King Narai]] the Great's reign of [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]], niellowares were presented to King [[Louis XIV]] of France as the royal gift, showing that nielloware exclusively belonged to the high ranking elite's uses in the past. However, there is just only one household left in the area today which still inherits the traditional technique and process of making nielloware like in the old days.

The entrance of Ban Phan Thom community is located on the Phra Sumen Road near [[Saphan Wan Chat Intersection]] and Palace Gate Remnants in [[Bang Lamphu]] neighbourhood opposite to [[Wat Bowonniwet]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tungsong.com/NakhonSri/manufacture/Thom/Thom_4.html|title=ตำนานช่างเครื่องถมเมืองนคร|trans-title=Legend of nielloware artisan of Nakhon City|language=thai|work=Tungsong.com}}</ref><ref name=mo>{{cite web|work=[[ASTV Manager]]|language=thai|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9520000052903|title=จาก"บ้านบุ"ถึง "บ้านพานถม" ซอกแซกชุมชนอาชีพ นามนี้มีที่มา|trans-title=From "Ban Bu" to "Ban Phan Thom" curiously professional communities, these names have origins|date=2009-05-12|accessdate=2019-08-25|author=Num lukthung}}</ref>

==Geography== Neighboring sub-districts are (from north clockwise): Bang Khun Phrom, Wat Sommanat of Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bowon Niwet, [[Talat Yot]], Chana Songkhram, and Wat Sam Phraya.<ref name=mon/>

==Places== [[file:KING TAKSIN SHRINE VIEW FROM BOWONNIWET PIER - panoramio.jpg|thumb|250px|King Taksin Shrine by the Khlong Bang Lamphu (seen from Wat Bowonniwet side).]] [[file:Thanon Ratchadamnoen Nok viewedfrom Phan Fa Lilat Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|Outer Ratchadamnoen Avenue in the phase of the foot of Phan Fa Lilat Bridge (left: Ban Phan Thom, right: Wat Sommanat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai with [[Royal Plaza (Bangkok)|Royal Plaza]] and [[Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall]] in the distance).]]

*[[Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand)|Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives]] *[[Ratchadamnoen Avenue]] (section outer Ratchadamnoen) *Wat Pari Nayok Worawihan *Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan *Wat Mai Armataros *Phra Sumen Road *[[Sam Sen Road]] *King [[Taksin]] Shrine *Chao Pho Nu Shrine *[[Khlong Bang Lamphu]] *[[Phan Fa Lilat Bridge]]<ref name=mon>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ban+Phan+Thom,+Phra+Nakhon,+Bangkok/@13.7615469,100.4987013,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x30e2996ba0786671:0x40100b25de28800!8m2!3d13.7623056!4d100.5021938|work=[[Google Maps]]|title=Ban Phan Thom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Phra Nakhon district]] {{Coord|13|45|41.8|N|100|30|01.7|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}