The Laver / water sprinkler cast in a copper alloy. Circular with slanting raised spout. Handle with eyelet hinging in two female heads. On both sides a curved spout terminating in a stylised animal head. With loop handle and iron hook with brass ring.
Literature :
Onno ten Kuile - Koper & Brons Rijksmuseum Amsterdam : Page 180 - Nm. 250.
Thuis in de late middeleeuwen : Page117 - Nm. 82.
H.P.Lockner – Messing : Page 140 - Fig. 261.
A.E. Theuerkauff-Liederwald- Bronzegeräte des Mittelalters 4 , page 452 - 455.
W. Dexel – Hausgerät Mitteleuropas : Page 206 – Fig. 273.
Bergisches Museum Schloss Burg an der Wupper : Page 44 Fig. 82.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Number 1991.473.2.
Germany - Rhineland,
Second half 15th century.
Height:15 / 18,5 cm.
Width: 31 cm.
Dept : 20 cm.