IDENTIFIERS
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id:	14143
accession number:	O.24-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 January 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bronze/copper alloy with green corrosion products over most of the surface. Cylindrical body with a horizontal depression at the top, flat shoulder with a curved edge, tall narrow neck with a basal collar, upward tilting open spout, and narrow strap handle flattened at the upper and lower ends where it is secured by rivets (one at each end). The junction of the neck and shoulder is decorated with a circle of raised points forming a star, and on each side of the neck there is an embossed seated lion (?).
title:	ewer

NOTES
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type: history note
value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14143





CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1300
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1300
culture:	12th Century-13th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 28.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 16.3