Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)

Museum Object Number 1959.2191

Object Name

Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Rhineland, Germany, Europe

Date

1620-1680

Subjects

Archaeological evidence for similar (America)

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

16.772 (H) , 10.673 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42.6 (H) , 27.11 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Gaimster, David. 1997 German Stoneware 1200-1900: Archaeology and Cultural History.
• Greybeard jugs from American sites: p. 100, no. 3.62 (Wimpanoag burial ground, RI, c. 1650); p. 102, no. 364 (James Fort, Jamestown VA, 1607-10); no. 3.66 (2 from Jordan/Ferrer plantation VA, 1620-35); p. 103, no. 3.68 (1664 dated, Chesapeake settlement)
[Book] Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Greybeard jug from 1645-65 context (Strickler) indian site on Susquehanna River: p. 262, fig. 76 right
[Book] Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Discussion of bellarmines: pp. 117-27
[Book] Outlaw, Alan Charles. 1990 Governor's Land: Archaeology of Early Seventeenth-Century Virginia Settlements.
• Bellarmines from early 17th century archaeological site of The Maine, Governor's Land, Virginia: pp. 120-122, fig. A3.5, nos. 54-58, no. 55 bearing Arms of Amsterdam..
[Book] Smith, Frederick H. 2008 The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking.
• Armorial bellarmines excavated at Jamestown, Virginia, and Bridgetown, Barbados: pp. 11-13, figs. 2-3, 2-4, the Barbadoes examples dated 1661