I agree with your definition.

Whoever called it a Hoosier never saw a Hoosier cupboard! What's the counter top made of? marble or porcelain?
I Agree. It looks like an English wash stand.
Linda C

Appreciate the replies. ;)
linda, they said it was granite. Those aren't the greatest pics, but my hunch is they were mistaken on that & it's marble.

Any idea of a date? The scroll work on the top is hard to see, but might be helpful. What I've seen with tile is usually a Victorian style, sometimes into Arts & Crafts, occasionally Edwardian. It doesn't look ornate enough for Victorian, does it? So maybe it's later?

I have it's almost twin....but with out the cupboard below, just a shelf.
I bought it about 35 years ago at one of those antique auctions where someone would go to europe and buy and fill a crate then come back and auction it off. The crate that my piece came from was from England, they said and by what else was in it I agree.
What I have learned is that those sorts of stands were often found in hotels and small inns as a wash stand for guests in the early part of the 20th century or latter part of the 19th.
Linda C

Yes, most of the ones I've seen are like yours, without a cupboard underneath. I find them more appealing than the traditional, all wood wash stands. Appreciate the input!