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Object NameGilded Brass Funnel
Made FromBrass, Gilding
Date1725-1750
Place MadeEurope (bottle); India, Gujarat (decoration)
Accession Number2002.1.1 E
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery
Interpretive NotesCinnamon from Sri Lanka, along with cloves, nutmeg and mace from the Maluku and Banda islands of Indonesia. In the 1600s and 1700s, Dutch merchants bottled up expensive oils infused with these aromatic spices in richly decorated flasks, and gifted them to local rulers and trade partners along the Indian Ocean.
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Poulain-Le Fur
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