Gemellion with Kneeling Knight

1250-1300 (Medieval)

22.5 cm 3.5 cm

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A gemellion (from the Latin geminus, meaning "twin") is one of a pair of basins used for hand washing, either at home or during the Mass. Water was poured from the spouted bowl and was caught in the second bowl placed below. Many gemellions made in the enamel manufacturing c...

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Desmottes of Lille; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 19-23, 1900, no. 7; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, May 16, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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