Schnabelkanne, beak-spouted flagon

Culture: [Etruscan](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300020471) Material: Bronze Dims: H 25.9 Accession No: MG 015 Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A beak-spouted flagon of beaten bronze on a splayed base with a bulbous shoulder, narrow neck and flat rimmed pouring mouth. The [cast](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053104) handle has a terminal on the body, decorated with a palmette, S-spirals and scrolls ending in a lotus flower above and a lyre below. Above, the handle forks ending in two animal heads with setback ears appearing to represent crouching felines. This is a type known as ‘Schnabelkanne’, a distinctly ['Celtic'](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300019470) style manufactured from the late sixth-century BC in Etruria. They were often placed in Celtic princely graves and traces of wine have been found in some flagons. [More](https://tinyurl.com/bd4sef73).