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The Pap Boat Collection Pap boats were originally plain, shallow, feeding bowls with a lip at one side for infants and children which first appeared circa 1710. Early examples were plain, with later examples having reeded or moulded rims. Pap itself consists of a mixture of bread or flour, sugar and water or milk combined to form a tacky consistency. Sometimes used to administer medicines pap boats were also used in Quebec to hold water used for baptisms.

AN INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER PAP-BOAT

MAKER'S MARK T&CO, PROBABLY FOR TWENTYMAN AND COMPANY, CALCUTTA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

细节

AN INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER PAP-BOAT
MAKER'S MARK T&CO, PROBABLY FOR TWENTYMAN AND COMPANY, CALCUTTA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of typical oval form, marked on rim
5 in. (13 cm.) long
3 oz. (116 gr.)

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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

A combined pap boat and feeding cup by Twentyman and Co. is illustrated in W. Wilkinson, Indian Colonial Silver, European Silversmiths in India (1790-1860) and Their Marks, London, 1973, p. 141, no. A178.