To make watercresses grow in a handbasin was a trifle to her, or to show any persons whom you wanted to see, either dead or alive, in a looking-glass, or on the nail of a newborn infant.
"The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Lord Fleetwood ordered the waiter to bring a handbasin and towel.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith