* * *

London, England 1877-1878

An aquamanile is a vessel used used during Mass or at the secular table for washing hands. These ewers were very popular in the medieval period and took forms such as lions, knights оn horseback, dragons and birds (in Latin the word aqua means water and manus means hand).

Lower Saxony, Germany 1200-1250

Padua (possibly, made)

Pesaro, Italy (probably, Made)