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These heavy weights were placed on the four corners of floor coverings to keep them in place. Usually on square or polygonal bases, the round domes were shaped to resemble the cupolas of Muslim tombs.
The floral decoration on the spittoon, now without inlay, can be compared to M.Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze, London, 1997, pl. 241 and the shape to pl. 263.