Font with basin

Anonymous

Item information

Font with basin

This font was for washing hands.
13453.a-b
Jewish ritual objects
Westfries Museum

Reconstruction of provenance history

? <> 2000
: Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen [nl]
:
: Museum inventory

2000
: Donted to the museum by Zuiderzeemuseum
:
: Museum inventory

2000 <> heden
: Westfries Museum [nl]
:
: Museum inventory

Current restitution status

No requests

Research findings

Who owned this Jewish ritual object before it was acquired by Zuiderzeemuseum is no longer known.

During the Second World War, the theft of Jewish ritual objects was widespread. Because so little is known about the object's origins, its provenance may very well be problematic.