basin and ewer

Pilate’s guiltlessness signified by washing of hands. [N.T.: Matthew 27:24]

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Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water.

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A massive basin and ewer with martial subjects, made not in England but France, were presented to the Tsar in 1664 by Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle; they had been part of the dowry of Charles II's mother, Henrietta Maria, and must have had extra significance as part of a mission aimed at resuming trade links severed by Russia following the execution of his father.

Tsar attractions: the Kremlin Armoury Museum in Moscow holds one of the world's finest collections of Tudor and early Stuart silver. Its highlights have been loaned to London's Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of an exhibition charting early diplomatic relations between the English and Russian courts

This show is a rare chance to see Henrietta Maria's massive basin and ewer (Figs.

Yale shows its mettle: Philippa Glanville applauds a scholarly exhibition of silver from the Kremlin, which includes gifts to the Tsars from 17th-century English monarchs and merchants

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