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Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)
1600-1640
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Frechen; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.0281
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Stockwell
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Object Number
1966.0281
Object Name
Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Frechen; Germany; Europe
Date
1600-1640
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Mold-applied
Dimensions (inches)
7.677 (H) x 5.441 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.5 (H) x 13.82 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Gaimster, David. 1997 German Stoneware 1200-1900: Archaeology and Cultural History.
• Similar profiled bottles, one excavated in the City of London: p. 220, no. 67, 1600-50, with somewhat similar mask over arms; no. 68, London excavated, different mask over arms.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Discussion of bellarmines: pp. 117-27Book: Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Greybeard jug from 1645-65 context (Strickler) indian site on Susquehanna River: p. 262, fig. 76 rightBook: 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: 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.