ewer

vessel designed to contain and pour water (Old French: ''evier'' from ''eau'', water); defined by function not by shape, which is varied

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ewer

Summary

Key Facts

ewer is a type of vessel^[1].
ewer is a type of tableware^[2].
ewer's Commons category is recorded as Ewers^[3].
ewer's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[4].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include vessel^[1] and tableware^[2].

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Quick Facts

Instance of type of physical object

Subclass of vessel, tableware, ritual vessel, container, personal hygiene item

Has use hand washing, personal hygiene

Properties

Described at url dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, www.infopedia.pt, museus.madeira.gov.pt, www.museualbertosampaio.gov.pt

Described by source Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary

Has part(s) handle

Made from material ceramic, faience, bronze, silver

External References (9)

Art & architecture thesaurus id 300045666

Fish archaeological objects thesaurus id 96773

Google knowledge graph id /g/1hc0qsxz1

Joconde object type id T505-22

Nomenclature for museum cataloging 5247, 5254

Pactols thesaurus id pcrtebcLdP2rVc

Portable antiquities scheme object type id EWER

Rkd thesaurus id 66079

Yale lux id concept/16fe97b9-cf4b-4577-af03-56622140078c

🌐 Available in 3 languages

commonsCategory:Ewers deAiguière frAiguière

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ ewer — subclass of (P279): vessel. Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved 2018-10-11. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ ewer — subclass of (P279): tableware. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ ewer — Commons category (P373): Ewers. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ ewer — described by source (P1343): Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_ewer_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ewer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ewer}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}

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13d ago · AHIOH · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Described by source → Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary

Pactols thesaurus id → pcrtebcLdP2rVc

Image → Ewer MET sf08-102-1a.jpg

Described at url → ['https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt/pesquisa/gomil/', 'https://www.infopedia.p

+ 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

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