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DS1989-0453
Shaving basin
DS1989-0453

Shaving basin

Dateca. 1710
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsDIAM: 11 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1967-15
DescriptionSteep-side bowl with cylindrical foot ring; wide sloping rim has two holes, one round depression, and a large cutout arc. Blue tin glaze decorated in blue with a variety of detailed barber's implements, including a looking glass and bottles.
Label TextThe unusual shade of the blue ground and the double comb ornamentation suggest a late seventeenth-century date of manufacture. Other basins with the same proportions and upturned rims with similarly painted instruments on a white ground date into the eighteenth century, however, and appear to be of London manufacture.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceOtto M. Wasserman, New York