NMS Archaeology Object 14319: H.HY 5 - Ewer
Description
Summary
Pear-shaped ewer of copper alloy from Urquhart Castle, 15th century
Accession Number
H.HY 5
Other references
HAAQ Register Number NMAS Loan Number | H.1955.777 Q.L.1923.5 |
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Original description
Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. Ewer. The body is pear-shaped, made up of six flat strips of which the two sides are considerably wider than the remaining four. The foot and base are similarly hexagonal and have been cast as one with the body. A thin slit in the neck allows the water to enter the spout, which characteristically ends in a zoomorphic head, sometimes considered a dog's. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
None
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
Not recorded
Method (e.g. excavation)
Not recorded
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Grid reference
Not recorded
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1955-06-03
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Agent
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Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 12547 | URQUHART CASTLE - URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON - CASTLE (MEDIEVAL), FORT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), MOTTE AND BAILEY (MEDIEVAL), VITRIFIED STONE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), PIN(S) (COPPER) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: H.HY 5 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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