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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Wash basin
Date Made:19th century
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:Ceramic; refined earthenware
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 4 1/4 in x 12 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 31.4325 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK B.14.F.45.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A white glazed stoneware wash basin, ornamented with semi gadroon bands around the edge and the bottom. A crack has been mended with cement. Not marked. These basins, with pitchers to match, set on small wash stands, were regularly part of the bedroom furnishings of the 19th century, before the advent of the bathroom. Height 4 1/4" Diam. 12 3/8". Cat. 12/30/1936.

Tags:
pottery; containers; vessels

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