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[edit]| Medieval laver or ewer spout (front and back views) | |||
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2006-11-14 12:13:12 |
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Medieval laver or ewer spout (front and back views) |
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English: A complete cast copper alloy zoomorphic decorative pouring spout or laver, probably from an ewer and dating to the 15th century AD (length: approx 60mm; width: 47.5mm; thickness: 16mm; weight: 46.1g). This artefact has an integrally cast angular dog’s head terminal with a tubular spout extending out from the dog’s open lozenge-shaped mouth (internal diameter of spout: 5.5mm). The dog’s head has strongly pronounced ridges/ protrusions for the facial features, including rectangular ears to either side of the head and heavy ridged eyebrows. The eyes are not illustrated. The spout has a short neck before curving downwards to the hollow opening at the back. The back of the artefact, which would have been attached to the vessel, is undecorated and curved to a pointed terminal, with a slanted indentation continuing to a hollow circular opening at the top, which then leads to the front of the spout. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. Similar examples can be seen recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (record numbers WMID-FFD0E2, WMID-BE4B04 & WMID-AE1396) and are illustrated in Mill’s ‘Medieval Artefacts’, 1999, page 110, ref NM 292, and they are described as being from a laver or priest’s washing bowl. A ewer with a similar spout is also shown in J.M. Lewis's paper 'Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers' (1987: Finds Research Group Datasheet 7, pp 4-5 fig 8a). This example is from a later pedestal-base ewer discovered in the moat at Cardiff Castle and dated to the 15th century. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Staffordshire | ||
| Date | between 1400 and 1500 | ||
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FindID: 142713 Old ref: WMID-9748E6 Filename: WMID-9748E6.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/120474 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/120474/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/142713 |
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