found: Work cat.: Ewer and Basin, via the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute museum objects digital image collection, Sept. 9, 2005.
found: Belden, L.C. The festive tradition, 1983:p. 311 (basin; an open rounded vessel formerly used for holding either liquids or solids, today largely for holding liquids)
found: Savage, G. An illustrated dictionary of ceramics, 1974:p. 37 (basin; a concave ceramic vessel of a size sufficient to hold water for washing or for mixing food) p. 38 (bason; older variant of basin)
found: OED online, Feb. 16, 2006(basin; a circular vessel of greater width than depth, with sloping or curving sides, used for holding water and other liquids especially for washing purposes)
found: British Museum, Compass Collections online, Feb. 16, 2006(decorated footed basin; this large basin may have been used for the washing of feet)
