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Washstand, XF128, English, unknown maker, c.1770, mahogany, enamel and brass. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photograph: Hugh Kelly.
Washstand, English, unknown maker, c.1770
Mahogany with brass fittings and enamel pot
Height: 83.5cm
Width: 53cm
Depth: 44cm
Width: 53cm
Depth: 44cm
Museum number: XF128
Not on display
Curatorial note
With tray top with cut out handles at sides and back; top drawer with cock bead surround and original handle replaced with later turned wooden knob; two-door cupboard below with replacement wooden knob to right-hand door and small vertical brass bolt at bottom of left-hand door; below the cupboard are two dummy drawers with dummy keyholes lined in brass and their original bail handles; these form the front of the pull-out pot compartment containing the original enamel pot beneath lift-out mahogany cover with central circular hole over which is a turned mahogany lid with cyma moulding and a raised central knob.
This seems likely to be the wash stand ‘with bidet and pan’ described in the large front south attic at the end of Soane’s life.
This seems likely to be the wash stand ‘with bidet and pan’ described in the large front south attic at the end of Soane’s life.
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