Basin
Basin
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- Description
- Large, rimless basin or bowl reeded inside lip with rounded sides and flat bottom; no foot ring. Indented exterior seam at midbody. Struck below rim interior "[B] / I M" in incuse serif letters. Several partial faint marks on underside of well, including secondary mark of a crowned Tudor rose above "LOND[ON]" in raised serif letters in rectangle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- basin
- date made
- 1700 - 1800
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 16 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 42.2275 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388290
- catalog number
- 388290
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- subject
- Eating
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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