ewer

American  

[yoo-er] / ˈyu ər /

noun

1. a pitcher with a wide spout.

2. Decorative Art. a vessel having a spout and a handle, especially a tall, slender vessel with a base.

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ewer British  

/ ˈjuːə /

noun

1. a large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth

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Etymology

Origin of ewer

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French evier < Latin aquārius vessel for water, equivalent to aqu ( a ) water + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

The tub may be wooden, the ewer convincingly rendered as base metal, but the bedding and Mary’s gown are of silk with golden threads that is recognizably Italian.

From The Wall Street Journal

The table is draped with a Turkish carpet, and the jewelry, the furs, the gold ewers and salvers all insinuate a rising global commodities trade — one of those “commodities” being people like the painter himself.

From New York Times

A dragon curls its tail around the base of a golden, long-neck ewer, its body forming a handle of protruding, pointy scales.

From Washington Post

Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water.

From Literature

At medieval banquets, a ewer -- an impressive jug filled with rose water -- and basins for slop water would be taken around so that guests could deal with the sticky finger problem.

From Washington Post