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Basin
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About this work
Gallon-size circular basin or bowl with narrow flat rim, rounded tapering sides and flat well; no foot ring. Partial, faint marks on underside of well include possible touchmark of a ducal coronet with element below and secondary marks of a crowned Tudor rose to right and traces of letters in a curved banner below. Probably used as an eating bowl or as a waste or slop bowl when serving tea; larger basins functioned as wash basins.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBasin. ca 1775. Copp Family. National Museum of American History, Gift of John Brenton Copp. CC0.
