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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.
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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
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