Basin, toilet

Description

Silver toilet basin with a hemispherical bowl set on a stepped moulded foot, by Thomas Ker, Edinburgh, 1706 - 1707, made for Charles Hope, first Earl of Hopetoun

Museum reference

H.MEQ 1513

Object name

Basin, toilet

Production information

Ker, Thomas, 1682 - 1710 (fl.), Goldsmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1706 - 1707

Materials

Silver

Associations

Original owner: Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun
Assay master: Penman, James, 1649 - 1733
Hopetoun House, West Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

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