British Colonial Silver Mounted, Coromandel Wood and Carved Coquilla Nut Erotic Toddy Ladle
British Colonial Silver Mounted, Coromandel Wood and Carved Coquilla Nut Erotic Toddy Ladle
Period 1700-1800
Origin British Colonial
Medium Coromandel Wood and Carved Coquilla Nut
Period: 1700-1800
Origin: British Colonial
Medium: Coromandel Wood and Carved Coquilla Nut
Literature: The exotic coquilla nut has been carefully carved, perhaps by a sailor, to show a lady leaning over, her skirts lifted to reveal her nakedness. In the 18th century secret cabinets of erotica were formed of both ancient and modern erotic art to provide excitement and amusement for the gentleman collector. Certainly this object is at once both amusing and erotic.
Finch & Co
Antiquities, ethnographica, natural history, sculpture and works of art
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