Title: Basin
Object type: Basin
Date: ca. 1721
Artist:  Samuel Margas Jr. 
Artist bio: British, active 1714–33
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver gilt
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 1/4 in., 319 oz. 6.4 dwg. (5.7 cm, 9.932kg);
Diameter: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY