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LOT 1669
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
MEDIEVAL BRONZE PRIEST LAVER POURING SPOUT WITH DOG'S HEAD
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (66 grams, 71 mm).
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (66 grams, 71 mm).
With stylised detailing, mouth closed around a round-section spout, curved round-section neck with section cut away for attachment. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Somerset, UK.
LITERATURE:
See Lewis, J.M., Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers, Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 7, 1991, for a similar example excavated from Cardiff Castle moats.
FOOTNOTES:
A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions.
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