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Creator	Maker's Mark IV, star below
Title	Basin
Date	London, 1618-1619
Format-Medium	silver
Format-Extent	height: 6.4 cm. (2 1/2 in.) diameter: 50.8 cm. (20 in.) weight: 3048 gm. (98 oz. 0 dwt.) scratch weight: 98.15
Notes	Maker's Mark IV with a star below Marks: Fully marked on underside center: maker's mark IV, star below (Jackson 1921, p. 114 1989, p. 107) leopard's head date letter a for 1618/19 lion passant Heraldry: The arms and crest are those of Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, county Devon Description/Construction/Condition. The hexafoil basin is raised from a single sheet, its six lobes concave and its center slightly domed. The border is chased with sea monsters, fruit clusters, and winged cherub's heads, all against a matted ground a stamped tongue-and-arch molding is pinned and soldered to its outer edge. Each lobe is chased in repoussé with a scrolled cartouche, within which is chased a different Old Testament scene. The cartouches are separated by vertical split-tailed marine creatures, their curled and forked tails chased with scalework. Beneath each creature is a cluster of fruit and foliage, the entire scheme chased against an extensively matted ground. The domed center is encircled by a plain border chased with bead-and-spindle ornament, enclosing three cartouches chased with sea monsters against waves and with clusters of fruit and foliage against a matting. At the center is soldered a large circular boss comprising a stamped tongue-and-arch border beneath a seamed ribbed molding, a rounded and worn tongue-and-arch molding, a plain upper surface, and another ribbed molding into which the central cap fits. The cap is composed of a seamed circular bezel with scalloped edge and a circular disk with plain applied molding. The disk is engraved with the coat of arms and creat within feather mantling. The chaser's original pricking marks are visible on the entire underside of the basin, particularly behind the figural scenes Medium Notes: Hexafoil form with embossed panels depicting Old Testament scenes based on designs by Etienne Delaune (1518/19-1583) In: Beth Carver Wees. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997. (no. 59, pp. 124-128, repr.) Image/Metadata: Amico Library: 2002 ARTstor: 2006 CAMIO 2006 City: London
Accession Number	Accession Number: 1989.2
Repository	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, Mass
Nationality	Nationality: English
Subject	Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583 Silverwork -- England -- London -- 17th century Basins -- England -- London -- 17th century Decorative arts -- England -- London -- 17th century Devices (Heraldry) Coats of arms Bible. O.T Sea monsters Bible stories
Form-Genre	Silverwork;Silver;Basins;Coats of arms;Makers' marks;Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects. amico
Collection	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Museum Collections
Rights	http://www.clarkart.edu/museum_programs/index.cfm?ID=85 Connect to rights and reproduction policy

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