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Mark Redknap
APPENDIX 2
Cast tripod ewers: a checklist
Sites given in the following list appear where known on fi g. 6.
Abbreviations:
bm British Museum, London
nms National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
nmw National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
nmi National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
v&a Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Group A (tripod ewer with pouring lip and lid)
Some of these have been attributed to the 15th century by
Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988
Wales
1. Gower; narrow neck with cordon; hinge for lid; everted
feet with transverse ridge; two bands of Lombardic lettering
(in Norman French): + ie sui: lawr : gilebert ; k/ i :
memblera : mal : idedert : (‘I am the laver Gilbert (or ‘of
Gilbert’); who carries me off may he obtain evil from it’);
height 26 cm (Swansea Museum acc. no. A879.1; Lewis et al
1987, 82; Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 249) (fi g. 6: 28).
England
2. London; no lid hinge; bowed strap handle; paw feet; three
bands of Lombardic lettering: thomas e(l)yot hi reco(m)
mand me to ev wylleam elyot; height 30.6 cm (Museum
of London acc. no. A 4587; Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988,
no. 271) (fi g. 6: 42).
Scotland
3. Closeburn Heath, Dumfries and Galloway; found in a moss
near Closeburn Hall; ?14th century; plain body; shoulder
cordon; hinge for lid; everted feet; angled handle; height 21 cm
(nms acc. no. h.mc 14; Ward-Perkins 1940, 199; Lewis 1987a,
Appendix I, 17; Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 269) (fi g. 6:
20).
Netherlands
4. Ammersoyen Castle, Arnhem; plain; no lid; simple paw
feet; ?fi rst half 15th century; height 25.7 cm (Th euerkauff -
Liederwald 1988, no. 266) (fi g. 6: 78).
Germany
5. Gnoien, Mecklenburg; made c. 1435; three cordons on body;
height 24.2 cm (Schwerin, Staatliches Museum acc. no. k h 88;
Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 264) (fi g. 6: 82).
Denmark
6. Elling, Nordjutland; no lid; paw feet; bowed strap handle;
?early 15th century; two lines of Lombardic lettering: sanct
spiritus que cor sit nobis: gracia; height 20.4 cm
(Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 265) (fi g. 6: 83).
7. Hersom, Jütland; no lid; bowed strap handle; paw feet; ?end
14th century; height 16.8 cm (Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988,
no. 267) (fi g. 6: 84).
8. Odense, from the kitchen of the Blackfriars; no lid; bowed
strap handle; fi ve cordons on body; paw feet; height 22 cm
(Kulturhistorisk Museum, Møntergården acc. no. 117-1975;
Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 268) (fi g. 6: 85).
Unprovenanced
9. Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland; everted lip; two cordons
on body; height ‘7½ ins’/19.5 cm (nms acc. no. h.mc 20).
10. Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland; no lid; cordons
on body; straight, pointed legs; angled handle; ?14th century;
height 23.6 cm (nms acc. no. md 1; Th euerkauff -Liederwald
1988, no. 270).
11. Glasgow, Glasgow Museums; truncated legs; angled handle;
Lombardic lettering: johes de valemere (Walmer, Kent);
height 23.4 cm (Burrell Collection, acc. no. 5 – 6.162; Bangs
and Northover 1999, fi g. 16).
12. Private collection; pronounced ‘half beak’ pouring lip; no
lid; height 24.5 cm; Lombardic lettering: +lavabo inter
innocentes + manvs meas + miserere me (‘I will wash
mine hands in innocency: have mercy on me’; fi rst phrase from
Psalms 26/6; Bangs and Northover 1999, 25, fi gs 1,2).
Group Ba (tripod ewer with curved, plain tubular
spout)
England
Unprovenanced:
13. London, British Museum; height 22.2 cm (bm acc. no. 54,
7-14, 318; Lewis 1987a, Appendix I, 12; Th euerkauff -Liederwald
1988, no. 195).
14. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; height 24 cm (Ashmolean
acc. no. 1952. 181; Lewis 1987a, Appendix I, 16; Th euerkauff -
Liederwald 1988, no. 192).
Scotland
15-16. Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway; both purchased in
1974 according to the accession register, ‘from a farm near
Whithorn’; heights: 22.5 cm and 19.5 cm (Dumfries Museum;
dumfm:1974.76.1; dumfm:1974.76.2) (fi g. 5: 1, 3; fi g. 6: 2).
17. Nicholforest, Canonbie, Dumfries; height: 25 cm (Dumfries
Museum; dumfm:1993.29; Richardson 1999, 27-9) (fi g. 6: 5).
18. Castlelaw on Blairhill, Alloa; height 22 cm (nms acc. no. h.mc
10; Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 206III) (fi g. 6: 43).
Unprovenanced
19. Provenance unknown; height: 25.5 cm (Dumfries Museum;
dumfm: 1936.35) .
20. Provenance unknown, possibly ‘local’ to Carlisle; described
as ‘English’ by Brownsword (2006, 65); height: 22 cm (Carlisle
Museum; calmg: 1997.325.458; Brownsword, Pitt and Richardson
1981, fi g. 1).
Ireland
21. Ardagh by Ballina, Co. Mayo, found in a bog; height 20.5 cm
(nmi acc. no. 1941:636; Th euerkauff -Liederwald 1988, no. 191)
(fi g. 6: 61).