Royal Selangor Lewis Drinking Horn Kettle Morris’ elaborate grape and vine

Morris’ elaborate grape and vine motif swathes the finial of the wine stopper

Constructed in the 13th century

the sword across his knees implying unbiased justice

5in W x 4in H

Royal Selangor Lewis Drinking Horn Kettle Morris’ elaborate grape and vineSinuous serpents in pewter, taken from a bishop chess piece, coil around a half pint glass fashioned after that most evocative of the periods vessels, a drinking horn. Unearthed on the Isle of Lewis in 1831, in the wilderness of Scotlands remote Outer Hebrides, the 12th century Lewis chessmen are exquisitely carved in walrus ivory, and very likely of Scandinavian origin. Of the seventy eight pieces known today, the British Museums collection of sixty