FILIGREE SPITTOON
Title FILIGREE SPITTOON
Accession Number XLIV-534
Museum Name Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
Gallery Name Metal ware gallery-15
Object Type Metal Ware
Main Material Silver
Component Material II Stone
Component Material III Gilt
Country China
Provenance China
Origin Place China
Period / Year of Work 19th Century
Dimensions 11.9 H, 460 Gms weight approximately
Brief Description

Gilt spittoon shaped as wash basin with red glass pieces studded along the crenellated edge. Filigree lotus in the center, of which petals close when kept down and open when taken to spit in the pot inserted in, whole surface covered with filigree with enamelled insect and flower creeper mounts in decorative panels around the body.