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Their precise function may not always be identifiable, but most were connected with the preparation and presentation of pan (pronounced paan). Pan was a quid made of chopped areca nuts mixed with spices and wrapped in a leaf that was chewed after meals. In courtly settings, the offering of pan marked the end of a visit.<br><br><b>Places</b><br>s.<br><br><b>Historical Associations</b><br>The box was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and bought by the Museum of Ornamental Art for £31 as a 'modern' piece from Dholpur in Rajasthan. Stylistically, it relates more closely to the 19th century enamelled silver wares of Lucknow in present-day Uttar Pradesh.","physicalDescription":"Spice box, silver-gilt set with crystals and enamelled in transluscent blue, mulberry and green. 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In style it resembles Lucknow enamelled wares of the same period.\r\n\r\nPurchased from the Great Exhibition of 1851, London, as 'modern'.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Spice box, enamelled silver, Dholpur, Rajasthan, ca. 1850","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Art Inventory, South Kensington Museum, Objects Acquired in the year 1852, p. 4."},{"reference":{"text":"Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan; John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017","id":"AUTH353890"},"details":"fig. 1.18, cat. 22, p. 9m and p. 527","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe opulence of this box and many other exhibits in the Indian Court projected an image of the Indian states as offering untold wealth, all of it then under the control of the British Empire. The rich potential of India as a source of materials and goods was a principal focus of the display at the Exhibition.","date":{"text":"25/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-25","latest":"2003-03-25"}}],"partNumbers":["131-1852"],"accessionNumberNum":"131","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1852,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR0313","2019LV3049"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2002-10-16","availableToBook":false}}