Rock crystal vessels has a pear-shaped body, beaked rim, and a handle, which originally has a vertical thumb piece that connects the rim of the ewer to the lower part of the body. The designs on the ewer goes around the neck and down the body and onto its handle. "All of the details are drilled and cut with great skill, including the texturing in the form of lines and dots covering the bird and animal and the leaves of the arabesque patterns."[5] A number of rock crystal ewers were used in church treasuries in Europe.