NON-IRISH ANTIQUITY : GIRONA FINDS

Object Name: Lid of an Altar cruet
Description: 'A flat circular lid, decorated on top with concentric circles. On the top is an 'A' in a circle; the A is for Acqua (Water) and the lid that of an Altar Cruet or Ewer, implying the existence of a corresponding vessel with a V for Vinum (Wine), but also of at least Chalice and Paten'. Flanagan, L. 'Ireland's Armada Legacy' (1988) p 179
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.BGR.154
Copyright: National Museums NI

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