Wine Strainer

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Culture: Roman Material: Bronze, L 27.3 x Diam 14 x H 9.3 cm Accession No: HCA 678 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. This sheet-bronze strainer has a hemispherical pierced basin, steep sides and an everted rim. Pierced decoration is arranged in double sets of concentric rings framing an interlocking-meander pattern. The base contains a 4 petal rosette motif. The lunate handle opening derives from two swanlike birds placed back to back. Stylistic comparisons can be made with 1st century AD examples from Pompeii and Herculaneum. This strainer demonstrates the accomplished art of metal-workers. It filtered unrefined wine removing sediments and herbs, used as sweeteners. More.

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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