Editing Sink (section)

== History ==
[[File:Bell-krater louterion Louvre CA1341.jpg|thumb|Woman washing at a water basin (''louterion''). Side B from an [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] Boeotian [[Red-figure pottery|red-figure]] bell-[[krater]], 450–425 BC. From [[Boeotia]].]]

===United States===
The [[washstand]] was a bathroom sink made in the United States in the late 18th century.<ref name=ohj>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3BYa3h-UGooC Sinks]. ''The Old-House Journal''; August 1986, Vol. 14, No. 6: pp. 270–77. Published by Active Interest Media, Inc. {{ISSN|0094-0178}}</ref> The washstands were small tables on which were placed a pitcher and a deep bowl, following the English tradition. Sometimes the table had a hole where the large bowl rested, which led to the making of dry sinks. From about 1820 to 1900, the dry sink evolved by the addition of a wooden cabinet with a trough built on the top, lined with [[zinc]] or lead.<ref name=ohj /> This is where the bowls or buckets for water were kept. Splashboards were sometimes added to the back wall, as well as shelves and drawers, the more elaborate designs usually placed in the kitchen.