Beardman or Bellarmine jug
The motif of a bearded face is carved in low relief at the neck of this jug. Known as Beardman or Bellarmine jugs, these stoneware vessels were made in Cologne and the Rhineland beginning in the sixteenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Beardman or Bellarmine jug
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: German, Cologne-Frechen
- Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware
- Dimensions: Height: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.56.1
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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