Niello Sugar Pot Or Vase
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Phra Pin Klao
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SLIGHTLY VERTICALLY ELONGATED BULBOUS JAR, WITH THE GREATEST DIAMETER AT THE HIGH SHOULDER, FROM WHERE THE OUTLINE SLOPES IN SLIGHTLY TO THE NECK AND THEN OUT AGAIN TOWARD THE RIM. THERE IS ALSO AN EXPANDED RING AROUND THE FOOT. MADE OF THIN SILVER, STAMPED WITH FLORAL DESIGNS, WHICH ARE FILLED ON THE EXTERIOR WITH GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL. - NIELLO TYPE WORK. *ORIGINAL LIST CALLS IT A: "SPITTOON". "
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 22-23, 60
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 286521
label: USNM Number
content: E61-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot