Studio: international art (87.1924)

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FIFTEENTH CENTURY CRUET
(BACK VIEW—ACTUAL SIZE)
(By courtesy of the Victoria
and Albert Museum)

print the charm of the etched line. Two
or three separate printings are generally
required to obtain the complete effect.
The other two illustrations of a mediaeval
altar cruet represent a very rare type of
utensil once used for church purposes,
one of which hardly any examples, par-
ticularly of English workmanship, remain
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to-day. Two of these cruets, one for
water and one for wine, were used and
were marked respectively with the letters
A. and V., or, in some cases, with bul-
rushes for the water vessel and bunches
of grapes for the wine vessel. The one
illustrated, of normal mediaeval form, is
in the Victoria and Albert Museum. a

FIFTEENTH CENTURY CRUET
(SIDE VIEW—ACTUAL SIZE)
(By courtesy of the Victoria
and Albert Museum)