Perfume-holder ('Attardan')
Perfume Holder
c.1870 (Made)
c.1870 (Made)
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The box is in two halves and made of silver filigree. It is in the form of a six-petalled flower, each petal being vesica-shaped and forming a receptacle for a separate type of perfume. Each receptacle is fitted with a hinged lid ornamented with a rosette of three layers of star-like flowers. At the centre of the attardan is a securing rosette with hinged lid and spray of blue beads, which screws into a hole and locks the lids of the six sections. The whole set stands on three ball-feet each adorned with a small filigree butterfly.
Object details
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| Title | Perfume-holder ('Attardan') (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver filigree with blue glass beads on the butterflies on the lid |
| Brief description | attardan, with moving compartments; Writing, silver beads, gilt filigree, India, C19 |
| Physical description | The box is in two halves and made of silver filigree. It is in the form of a six-petalled flower, each petal being vesica-shaped and forming a receptacle for a separate type of perfume. Each receptacle is fitted with a hinged lid ornamented with a rosette of three layers of star-like flowers. At the centre of the attardan is a securing rosette with hinged lid and spray of blue beads, which screws into a hole and locks the lids of the six sections. The whole set stands on three ball-feet each adorned with a small filigree butterfly. |
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| Object history | A gift received from Miss M.J.H. Buckland in 1931. |
| Bibliographic reference | Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
p.74 |
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| Accession number | IM.2-1931 |
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| Record created | October 14, 2005 |
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