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What is an aquamanile?

What is an aquamanile? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A ewer or jug-like vessel, shaped like an animal or human figure, used for washing the hands.
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This aquamanile was probably a fountain-head embellishing one of the local palaces or large houses.
The earliest object, a late 13th century or early 14th century aquamanile in the form of a stag, was a vessel for holding liquid.
They are also showing a bronze aquamanile, or ceremonial ewer, in the form of a lion.
An aquamanile comes with a bowl or a basin to collect the water.
One of the earliest items in the hoard is the aquamanile, dating from the late 13th to early 14th-century.
The aquamanile eventually evolved for secular use during the renaissance and these items found their way onto the dinner tables of the rich.

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