Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Containers (hierarchy name)
5. containers (receptacles)
6. [containers by form]
7. vessels (containers)
8. basins (vessels)

Anotations

Scope note:

Basins of metal or porcelain, produced as a pair and fitting one inside the other: one bowl with a small spout to pour water over the hands and the other to serve as a catch basin. They were used for washing the hands before meals or during liturgical ceremonies. They were being produced in Limoges by the 13th-century, although the form is earlier. The name is derived from "gemellus," the Latin word for "twin"), referring to the fact that they were produced in pairs.