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Historical Archive: Louvre Ewer

rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; silver gilt metalwork France, Paris?, 14th to 17th c.
29 x 15 cm. Louvre OA 29
probably owned by Marie de Luxembourg (d. 1546), Antoine de Bourbon, Henri IV, and Louis XIV


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full ewer
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center strip, prob.
14th/15th c.
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mask on center strip,
prob. 14th/15th c.
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monolithic handle
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monolithic handle;
thumb rest and hinge
early 17th c.