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Description:
Travelling canteen consisting of a wooden case with eight separately carved compartments for carrying eating utensils. The canteen contains a pair of silver forks with twisted handles, an ivory pick, a pointed metal file with integral tweezers at one end, two pairs of ivory and silver chopsticks, a silver spoon and two small silver cups. It has a shagreen cover decorated with small white and orange flowers. There are brass caps at both ends and mounts for the carrying cord (missing).
| Object details | |
|---|---|
| Type of object: | Canteen |
| Type category: | Receptacle or vessel |
| Material: | Silver |
| Width: | 67 mm |
| Height: | 298 mm |
| Depth: | 44 mm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | Chinese |
| Date range: | 1850 - 1899 CE |
| Discovery site: | Chinese |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
| Technique: | |
| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 00140 |
| Current accession number: | 14867 |
| Former accession number: | W 58 |
| Credit line: | - |
| Recorded by: | LW |
| Record date: | Mon, 2nd Sep 2002 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved |