Beer mug fragment
Category
Ceramics
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Ceramic
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
NT 67350
Summary
Two fragments of upper part of the same Bellarmine stoneware beer mug/jug. 17th century (a) Neck and rim with part of upper left hand side of face mask below rim and medallion with crown below (b) remainder of face mask just below decorative rim and second medallion below. Marked P.97 within. The Bellarmine - a now discredited caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (1542-1621) was a large jug with a grotesque bearded face and other ornaments)
Marks and inscriptions
Marked P.75 within