Spittoon
1850-1909 (made)
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Spittoon or sand sprinkler, fritware with white glaze and lustre decoration depicting flowers in foliage, early 20th century reproduction of 17th century Safavid lustreware.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, lustre decoration |
| Brief description | Spittoon or sand sprinkler after a later seventeenth century Safavid original, fritware, in the form of spittoon with white glaze and lustre decoration depicting flowers in foliage, 1850-1909. |
| Physical description | Spittoon or sand sprinkler, fritware with white glaze and lustre decoration depicting flowers in foliage, early 20th century reproduction of 17th century Safavid lustreware. |
| Style | |
| Gallery label | Spittoon
Fritware with lustre painting
PERSIA; about 1900
C.797-1909
A copy which gives itself away by its feeble shape, the hard dark-brown lustre and the untypical crowded flower design.(Old 133 G label) |
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| Accession number | C.797-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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