- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Brass vessel on four legs lid shaped like a bird.
- Long description
- From conservation card by Heather Richardson 24.08.2001: Long necked copper alloy flask on four legs. Separate stopper shaped like a chicken. [FC 13/2/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1893
- Date collected
- Before 1893
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1893
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 150 x 55 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1893.45.5
Search terms: Vessel, Figure, Bird Figure
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