//
For internal use only
On Display: House - Hart Room
Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)
1670-1700
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Frechen; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0034.004
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Howard W. Gross
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
2008.0034.004
Object Name
Jug or bottle (Bellarmine or greybeard jug)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Frechen; Germany; Europe
Date
1670-1700
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pulled
- Stamped
Dimensions (inches)
8.8 (H) x 5.3 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.4 (H) x 13.4 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Greybeard jug from 1645-65 context (Strickler) indian site on Susquehanna River: p. 262, fig. 76 rightBook: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Discussion of bellarmines: pp. 117-27Book: 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