Aquamanile Bronze 19th century with text DEUS ET LUMEN MDLXXV ( Translated God of Light date 1575 ) An Aquamanile is the name for a water vessel of brass or bronze, in the form of one or more animals or human figures. It is a Schenkkan for the priest's hand washing during the fog From which water was poured over the hands for washing hands over a pelvis. The Aquamanile belongs to the vasa non sacra There is an almost identical example(replica) of this aquamanile in the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which differs only in years. The example of Lehman reads 'Deus et Lumen', date 1614 Hoogte 19.5 cm ( Height ± 7,87 inch ) Gewicht 1184 gram (Weight ± 2,6 pound ) Unable to retrieve Will be well packed and registered with Post NL + track and trace code