rosewater sprinkler; lid (containers)

Cast brass rosewater sprinkler with a long neck attached to the body by a screw attachment. The body is formed in the shape of a flower bud, the surface undecorated. Two simple curved handles made of wire attached to the shoulders of the vessel. The lower end of the neck, which is fluted, is decorated with projected moulding in the shape of a circlet of leaves. Similar decoration below the sprinkler, the upper surface of which is covered with engraved floral decoration. A band of acanthus leaves on the upper surface of the stand.
label: brown, Wellcome label

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1982.160
Date
late19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 255 mm x 85 mm x 55 mm; overall: 255 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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