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Bellarmine
Bellarmine or Bartmann jug, of grey stoneware, standing on a tapered foot, integral to the body with flared and uneven foot rim, bulbous body, rising to long, narrow neck with broad corded rim; simple pulled handle with elongated lower terminal; the body covered with an iron brown wash under a speckled salt glaze; applied to the neck, opposite the handle, a moulded bearded facemask, with scowling mouth and ribbed beard, below this an applied medallion containing, within a raised shield, a two headed bird, relief moulded in skeletal form, surmounted by a crown.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35578
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21.5
diam
(cm): 4
diam
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 8
diam
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
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