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EWER
Unique ID: DEV-EA6F87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy zoomorphic ewer spout. The spout dates from the 15th to 17th centuries, and is likely to be of Flemish or German origin. Ewer spouts of this date were made separately to the body of the ewer, to which they were then welded (Lewis, 1987- see reference below). The front of the spout is in the form of an animal's head with two oval raised ears and two eyes and a snout. A pipe extends from the animal's open mouth, through which liquid would have flowed. The rear of the spout is undecorated and slopes downwards to form a large curved opening, which is where it would have been welded to the ewer body. The spout is very similar in form to a 15th century spout recovered from the moat of Cardiff Castle, (Lewis, 1987).
Class: Spout
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 84 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2004
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Farringdon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY0290
Four figure Latitude: 50.701355
Four figure longitude: -3.389077
1:25K map: SY0290
1:10K map: SY00NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis, J.M. | 1987 | Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 7 |
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