The aquamanile, a container for water to wash with, appears to have been introduced to Europe in the 11th century, and often took fantastic zoomorphic forms; surviving examples are mostly in brass.
Predmeti iz plemenitih materialov, kot so slonovina in kovina so imeli v tem obdobju zelo visok status, veliko bolj kot monumentalna plastika - poznamo imena več ustvarjalcev teh, kot slikarjev, iluminatorjev ali arhitektov-zidarjev.