Beardman or Bellarmine jug

German, Cologne-Frechen

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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.

Beardman or Bellarmine jug, Salt-glazed stoneware, German, Cologne-Frechen

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