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Jug

Description

Jug, silver, embossed with figurative motifs, part of a tea set: West Asia, Iran, Qajar, 1884 - 1885

Museum reference

V.2019.62.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Jug, Milk jug, Creamer

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

1884 - 1885

Style / Culture

Qajar period

Materials

Silver, Gold

Physical description

Silver jug with round bellied body, cast scroll handle, and on a pedestal foot; decoration in repousse aginst a finely punched background; central band with two roundels, each showing a dervish in a landscape; framed by a scroll border above and a diamond pattern below; gilded inside.

Associations

Previous owner: Smith, Robert Murdoch, Sir, 1835 - 1900

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