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They were made in Gujarat. However, when the V&A acquired the set in 1857, curators thought these pieces were Italian.  This was because the set had a European shape. Another reason was that from about 1600 to 1700 European goldsmiths deliberately copied Gujarati mother-of-pearl work for both familiar and new forms. This created problems of identification for future scholars that still exist today.","physicalDescription":"Ewer, mother-of-pearl sections laid over a framework of metal bands, and secured with iron pins.  The base is mounted with a brass fillet. 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The conviction that such articles were European was motivated not only by their Western shape, but also by the fact that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century continental goldsmiths consciously copied Gujarati mother-of-pearl work, translating its effects into familiar and new forms, thus creating problems of attribution for future scholars that still exist\r\ntoday.\"\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Ewer, mother-of-pearl sections laid over a framework of metal bands and secured with metal pins, Gujarat, early 17th century.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. 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