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It is shaped from a single piece of nephrite jade. The top of the upper section is inlaid with a silver rosette radiating out from the central opening. The sides are inlaid with three silver flowering plants. On the base, three feet are formed by curling leaves carved in high relief. It was owned in the 19th century by Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, an officer in the British Army in India (Bengal Engineers, 1828 to 1857), who was one of the leading collectors of Mughal hardstone objects and Indian coins.\r\nWhen Guthrie's collections were sold following his death in 1874, a number of his objects were acquired by William Henry Cope Esq., a member of the British Archaeological Association who was also an important collector of jade and other hardstone objects.","physicalDescription":"Spittoon with a compressed spherical body and a flaring concave upper section with a circular central opening. The top of the upper section is inlaid with a silver rosette radiating out from the central opening. The sides are inlaid with three silver flowering plants. On the base, three feet are formed by curling leaves carved in high relief. Fashioned from a single piece of dark brownish green nephrite jade.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"nephrite","id":"AAT11120"},{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Nephrite jade and silver, fashioned and polished using abrasives and abrasive-charged tools, with much of the process requiring turning on a bow-driven lathe.","categories":[{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Gemstones","id":"THES270329"},{"text":"Hardstone","id":"THES270137"}],"styles":[{"text":"Mughal","id":"AAT18939"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2015HW3123","2015HT3283","2015HT3284"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES374445"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Spittoon","id":""}],[{"text":"Pikdan","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Mughal empire","id":"THES262021"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"18th century","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1799-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"W. 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It was owned by Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie and when his collection was sold, the spittoon (together with a number of other objects) was bought by William Henry Cope Esq. who exhibited it at a meeting of the BAA, as mentioned in the Proceedings of the Association for Wednesday 9th of June, 1875. Cope valued this spittoon, together with a second, object # 713-1903, at £43-1-0.\nUpon his death in 1903, Mr. Cope bequeathed his collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Round spittoon, small body and wide lip, three-petalled foot, dark green nephrite jade with silver inlay, Mughal empire, 18th century","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["714-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"714","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-25","availableToBook":true}}