Medieval Bronze Priest's Laver Pouring Spout with Dog's Head

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/8 in. (82 grams, 81 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 Wiltshire, UK.
Property of a Durham, UK, gentleman.

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.

CONDITION

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