Rosewater ewer, Possibly by Johann Erhard Heiglen (German, before 1687–1757), ca. 1730, German, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Height: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Possibly by Johann Erhard Heiglen (German, before 1687–1757), This ewer was undoubtedly made with a matching basin, now lost, and would have stood on a buffet in a dining room. Until forks became common after the seventeenth century, diners used ewers and basins to wash their hands
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Rosewater ewer, Johann Erhard Heiglen, German, 1687–1757, ca, 1730, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Height, 13 3/8, 34 cm, Metalwork-Silver, possibly, by Johann, before, ewer, undoubtedly, matching basin, now lost, stood, buffet, dining room, forks, common, seventeenth century, diners, ewers, basins, wash, hands
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