Bellarmine jug
Bellarmine jug
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Published 2018-12-19T16:02:23+00:00
This is a Bellarmine jug. The body has been decorated with a medallion of a star within a shield. The neck has a bearded male face depicted on it.
A Bartmann jug (from German Bartmann, "bearded man"), also called Bellarmine jug, is a type of decorated salt-glazed stoneware that was manufactured in Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the Cologne region in what is today western Germany. The signature decorative detail was a bearded face mask appearing on the lower neck of the vessel. They were made as jugs, bottles and pitchers in various sizes and for a multitude of uses, including storage of food or drink, decanting wine and t
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This object is scanned by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, England.
| Date published | 19/12/2018 |
| Title | Bellarmine jug |
| Date | circa 16th-17th century |
| Accession | Accession No 1883.466 |
| Period | Post-medieval |
| Medium | Ceramic |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge |
