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Ewer and Basin Ewer, Basin
This is a ewer, basin. It was made by Nicolaus Ostertag and Gottlieb Menzel. It is dated ca. 1730 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
- Print, Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-317-27
- Drawing, Design for a Ewer
- black and white chalk on brown paper.
- Gift of Ogden Codman.
- 1916-9-3
- Print, Pitcher with a Figure of Neptune, from "Insignae Ac Planè Novum Opis...
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.
- 1946-37-1
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Print, Vase (Plate 6 of a Series)
- black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
- 1963-9-245
- Print, Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)
- black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
- 1963-9-244
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (ewer (a)): 27 × 24 × 11.6 cm (10 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 4 9/16 in.) H x diam. (basin (b)): 6 × 52.6 cm (2 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On the body of ewer, near the handle (a): [1] “GM”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] A pineapple with thirteen lobes, impressed (town mark, Augsburg) [3] Rectangular stamp, illegible On the underside of ewer (a): [1] "D", incised On the rim of basin (b): [1] “GM”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] A pineapple with thirteen lobes, impressed (town mark, Augsburg) On underside of basin (b): [1] "D", incised
Cite this object as
Ewer and Basin Ewer, Basin; Made by Nicolaus Ostertag (1689–1741), Gottlieb Menzel (German, 1676 – 1757); Germany; silver, gold; H x W x D (ewer (a)): 27 × 24 × 11.6 cm (10 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 4 9/16 in.) H x diam. (basin (b)): 6 × 52.6 cm (2 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-19-a,b
