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LOT 0422
Post Medieval Inscribed Salt-Glazed Bellarmine Jug
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (634 grams, 18 cm high).
Of squat spherical form with a broad cylindrical neck, strap handle and foot with rolled rim, bearded face or Bartmann 'mask', frieze of busts within roundels and acanthus palmettes over and below the medial inscription; neck and rim restored; label to base reading 'Schriftbandkrug Renaissance Frechen 1550'.
ProvenanceEx private UK collection.
Acquired from a provincial auction.
See Bartmannkrug examples in Klinge, E., Duits Steengoed, Amsterdam, 1996; similar jug in Schneider, J.W., Oet d'oole Deuze, in Jaarboek Twente, 1967; cf. The British Museum, museum numbers 1890,1222.5 and 1893,0205.71, for similar jug and inscription.
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