[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) › Spittoon # Spittoon Spittoons were made all over India, for urban and rural customers. Indian metalwork has been very little studied, and it is not possible to establish where exactly in the subcontinent it was made, but the dark patination is typical of 17th century metalwork of the Deccan. Cast Bronze - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1600–1700 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-10-1987](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-10-1987) · Pramāṇa