Ewer with Eagle on a Shield with the Arms of the Del Monte (?) Family

ca. 1590-1610 (Renaissance)

14.1 cm 30.8 cm

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During the Renaissance, as much of the food continued to be picked up with the hands, elaborate ewers were used for hand rinsing in between banquet courses, and would have been paired with a matching basin. This ewer is decorated with birds, snails, small medallions, spotted s...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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