Ewer and basin
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Ewer and basin
- Maker: Abraham Pfleger I (German, 1558–1605)
- Date: 1590-1594
- Culture: German, Augsburg
- Medium: Triton snail shell (choronia lampas), giant clam shell (Tridacninae), scallop shell (Pectinidae), silver (gilded)
- Dimensions: Basin: 12 13/16 × 15 9/16 in. (32.6 × 39.5 cm)
Ewer: 12 5/8 × 4 in. (32 × 10.1 cm) - Classifications: Metalwork-Silver-Miniature, Natural Substances
- Credit Line: Kunstkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts