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Basin

A work made of pewter.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of pewter.

Date:

c. 1790

Artist:

Townsend and Compton
English, active 1784-1801
England

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Townsend and Compton

Title

Basin

Place

London (Object made in)

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1785–1795

Medium

Pewter

Dimensions

7.6 × 26.7 cm (3 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased through Thorne Rooms Exhibition Fund Dr. & Mrs. Dudley Phelps Sanford Collection (initial entry)

Reference Number

1946.682

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