Navicula or incense boat

Material: Bronze (gilded). Accession no: HCM 130. Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). An [incense boat](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300198818) in [gilt](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053789) bronze, it has an oval body with a flat top and a six-sided stem and foot. There are two lids hinged in centre. The lid is decorated with a floral motif and two serpents curving up from the lid. Probably [German](http://www.geonames.org/2921044/federal-republic-of-germany.html), [15th century](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p08m57h8zmq). [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/421667e9-3f35-3798-87bd-ad8fcfbde833/?s%3Dnavicula&pos=1).