[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Box and cover # Box and cover This circular box and cover is made of brass decorated with coloured lac, a natural resin. It was made in India, somewhere in the Mughal empire, in the 18th century. It was probably intended to be used as a container for pan (pronounced paan). - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.747-1889](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.747-1889) · Pramāṇa