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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Tankard built of yew staves encased in a thin bronze plate turned down over the rim. The base is also of yew. The body is gracefully waisted and slightly wider at the rim than at the base. The handle is angular in sid-viewing, the fixing plates consisting of a pair of roundels with central bosses side by side at top and bottom. The grip is flat and pointed ova, with an open-work scroll containing an S curve.
This tankard is the finest surviving example from Britain. It is a wooden vessel, made of staves of yew wood, like a barrel, and then covered with sheet bronze. Tankards were used during shared drinking ceremonies. People held them in two hands and passed them around so everyone could drink the ale, mead or cider.
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Site Name: Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd
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