Laver

1400s (Late Medieval / Renaissance)

33.7 cm 17.4 cm 20.6 cm

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A laver is a vessel used for hand washing in both religious and domestic settings. It was suspended from a hook so that the water could be tipped into a basin below. Many such lavers made of brass can be seen in 15th-century Netherlandish paintings. In sacred contexts, one...

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Dr. and Mrs. William G. Marr, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1992.
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