water jug (jugs (food service))

Brass water jug intricately decorated in Moradabad style with allover scrollin vegetal decoration in lac work in black and beige. The body is round, with slightly flattened sides and is on a circular pedestal base. The neck is slender and fluted, decorated towards the top with a band of projected moulding. Pointed lid with a bud-shaped finial connected to the top of the handle by a hinge. The handle is S -shaped and is connected to the body at the shoulder. Old display label reads 'Aftaba or water jug. Brass. Moradabad enamel. from Jeypore.' label: mounted on blue and red card with the text in black type

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14333
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 275 mm x 183 mm x 89 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
enamelling; brass
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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