STRUCK WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY, I.A.T IN RECTANGLE, FORMER DUTCH EAST INDIES, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Dutch Colonial silver spittoon
STRUCK WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY, I.A.T IN RECTANGLE, FORMER DUTCH EAST INDIES, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Baluster-shaped plain body with applied scrolling foliate and shell border, marked on base
12 cm. high
454 gr.

Provenance

With A. Aardewerk, The Hague, 1990.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Spittoons were usually part of a Sirih-set. These sets often comprised a sirih box, tray, leaf-holder and a spittoon which was used to spit out the chewed betel. The Dutch and Chinese preferred cuspidors which had either little decoration or none at all, the Indonesians used examples with a great deal of chasing or with applied ornamentation. Spittoons vary in size considerably. The larger ones are usually made of brass, the smaller ones of silver. The latter examples were often carried by a slave-girl behind the owner together with a sirih box.

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