Ironing jug (Middle Ages)
In medieval archeology , a swing jug is an amphora-like vessel with one or two characteristic handles and two spouts , one of which is closed. They are bulbous jugs with a short funnel neck. The decor was mostly rather modest. In the case of larger jugs, however, a glaze only just covered the upper half of the vessel.
The swing jugs appeared between the 12th and 15th centuries . The first specimens can be found a little earlier in southwest Germany. They replaced the so-called eyelet handle pots. In northern Switzerland this vessel type is even after the Holy Verena - which was often depicted with ironing pot - as Verena Krug called. One can assume that the ironing jugs were used as a scoop and water or liquid depot. They came in many sizes and colors.
literature
- Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office and City of Zurich: City air, millet porridge and mendicant monks. The city around 1300. Exhibition catalog, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3806210594 , ISBN 978-3806210590