PROBABLY SCOTTISH OR ENGLISH, LATE 14TH / EARLY 15TH CENTURY

Medieval bronze ewers of this form were made both in Britain, many in Scotland, and on the Continent. Other examples include one in the Museum of London, found in Battersea (see Medieval Catalogue, London, 1967, No.A2752); one found in Balcombe with a hoard of English coins from the reigns of Edward I to Richard II; another held the Fortrose hoard of coins buried in the closing years of the 14th Century; and a fourth was found in Ashby Castle in a well filled before 1476. The Museums of Scotland on their on-line database have recorded eleven ewers of this type all found in Scotland.