Barber's Basin
Barber's Basin
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- Description
- Small, elongated oval basin with crescent cutout along one side of the single-reeded rim; made of a single piece with flared sides and flat bottom, no foot ring. Bottom underside struck with three marks: a crowned badge at center between what appear to be two pairs of raised, conjoined script letters in a textured oval.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- basin, barber's
- date made
- 1750 - 1800
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Associated Place
- United States
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 4.445 cm x 20.6375 cm x 14.2875 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388673
- catalog number
- 388673
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- subject
- Personal Accessories
- Personal Hygiene
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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