5. Ewer (Fig. 3; Plate XIX) N.M. W. 19.316/4 Ht. 175 mm.; Max. diam. 110; Wt. 1-032 Kg.; Capacity 0-53 litres. The body and the pedestal foot form a single casting, to which...
Fig. 3. The Nant Col Hoard: 5, Ewer, and a ewer from Strata Florida Abbey. Scale 1 4. vessels in the Victoria and Albert Museum referred to above were purchased in France. On...
are often depicted paired with ewers in Flemish interiors of the fifteenth century, where they can be seen standing on shelves in alcoves, sometimes with a towel hanging near...
form known from a Welsh Cistercian house, and an iron axe bearing a cross-crosslet mark, suggests the possibility that this is a post-Dissolution hoard, its contents influenc...
Fig. 6. The Nant Col Hoard: location map. Worn-out vessels of brass and bronze were always of value as scrap metal for recycling, never more so than in the expanding brass an...
The scrap trade must have been sustained by a system of local collection, the agents no doubt being itinerant tinkers, repairing but also replacing worn-out vessels, which wo...
