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This silver basin, dated 1706-7, was made by Edinburgh silversmith, Thomas Ker, for Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681-1742). The basin forms part of a silver toilet set which includes a ewer and a casket.

The basin is of a simple, almost hemi-spherical form, set on a circular stepped foot. The basin front is engraved with the monogram 'HLH' surmounted by an earl's coronet and surrounded by two branches of foliage.

The basin, ewer and casket were probably made as extra or replacement pieces for a much larger toilet service made for the Earl by the London goldsmith Anthony Nelme in 1691-2.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-159-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1513
• Date: 1706 - 1707
  1706-7
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: Base: TK; castle; P; B; on body: HLH [monogram] surmounted by an earl's coronet
  Basin, toilet
  
• Dimensions: 134 mm H x 259 mm rim D x 120 mm base D
  
• What: Basin, toilet
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Anthony Nelme
  Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (Owner)
  James Penman, assay master
  Thomas Ker, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver toilet basin with a hemispherical bowl set on a stepped moulded foot, by Thomas Ker, Edinburgh, 1706 - 1707, made for Charles Hope, first Earl of Hopetoun
  
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