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
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Aird Td.: Lacada Point: Wreck of Girona
Wreck of Girona
Wreck of Girona
Catalogue Number
BELUM.BGR.154
Copyright
National Museums NI