Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . These beast-shaped ewers, from beinggenerally used for hand-washing purposes, were called aqua-manillcs. The ewers, whatever their shape, were always accom-panied by a deep metal dish to be used for the ablutions, puttogether much as are the domestic jug and bason of the presentday. These dishes were frequently made double, the upper onefitted with a lip so that the water could be poured from oneinto the other, whence they acquired the name of gemellions. The ordinary ewer form was used throughout the medi
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . These beast-shaped ewers, from beinggenerally used for hand-washing purposes, were called aqua-manillcs. The ewers, whatever their shape, were always accom-panied by a deep metal dish to be used for the ablutions, puttogether much as are the domestic jug and bason of the presentday. These dishes were frequently made double, the upper onefitted with a lip so that the water could be poured from oneinto the other, whence they acquired the name of gemellions. The ordinary ewer form was used throughout the mediaevalperiod for water, ale and spiced wine, and a great many of thelarge jugs used for this purpose, made in brass or bronze, havesurvived, and may be found in our museums ; and in theirornamentation and lettering they are similar to the mortars,bells and other castings of the period. We have already relatedthe adventures of one such jug, brought home by the Ashanti expedition. It is formed with a lip and loose cover, like a modern 176 o ? li^^^^^^^^^^^Bj ^^^SS|fpFS^^^^5S5S o Piw H. Q o EWERS AND WATER VESSELS 177 hot-water jug, and round the belly runs an inscription in Gothicletters which may be rendered thus :— He that will not spare when he mayShall not spend when he the best in every doubtTill the truth be tried out. It stands some 2 feet in height, and bears in relief the arms ofEngland and the badge of Richard II. In the Victoria and Albert Museum is a very similar jug inbronze of about the date of 1350 (Plate XXXV.), which camefrom a manor-house in Norfolk, and bears round the rim,repeated several times, the old royal arms of England, andround the belly in Gothic letters this inscription : Goddesgrace be to this place. Amen. Stond utter (stand away) fromthe fyre and lat onjust (let one just) come nere. There was a peculiar form of brass ewer with a spout,sometimes with two spouts, and a handle of a dragon-likecreature, common in the fifteenth century, of w
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