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Shaving bowl

FRANCE (manufacturer)
Shaving bowl
 (18th century)

Medium
pewter

Measurements
4.0 × 21.7 × 16.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1936

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
France

Inscription
punched (inverted) in top rim u.c.: D
punched (vertically) in top rim u.c.: (horse)
punched (inverted) in top rim u.c.: H
punched in top rim u.c.: D
punched (vertically) in top rim u.c.: (horse)
punched (inverted) in top rim u.c.: H

Accession Number
3627-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Barber's shaving basin.

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