Bellarmine jug
German “bearded man” stoneware jugs are known to have been used in seventeenth-century America. Stoneware is fired at a higher temperature than earthenware, hot enough to make the clay vitrify or change into a glasslike substance, resulting in a nonporous ceramic body. Thus, stoneware jugs made ideal long-term storage containers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bellarmine jug
- Date: 1660–80
- Culture: probably German, Frechen
- Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware
- Dimensions: Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of M. Harris, 1910
- Object Number: 10.113
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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