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Ewer and basin with the arms of Vlissingen
Also titled Kan en schaal met het stadswapen van Vlissingen
1608
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- dish
- Dimensions
- height 4.8 cm x diameter 49.8 cm x weight 2157 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Servants would go around with ewers and basins at the beginning and end of formal dinners. Water was poured from the ewer over the hands of the distinguished guests, and the dirty water was caught in the basin. This ewer and basin were the property of Vlissingen. The city’s coat of arms – a crowned bottle – and its motto are engraved in the centre of the basin.
