Title: Basin
Object type: Basin
Date: 1771
Artist:  Barthélemy Samson 
Artist bio: master ca. 1760, died 1782
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 5/8 × 10 1/2 × 15 7/8 in., 35.175oz. (6.7 × 26.7 × 40.3 cm, 997.3g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Bequest of William Mitchell, 1921
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers, term: Leaves