A German Stoneware Bellarmine 'Bearded' Jug c. 1650

Origin: German. Rhenish

Colour: Iron-washed speckled saltglaze

Dimensions: Height 8.0in Body Width 6.0in Base Width 3.50

Lip: Hand turned

Base: Flat

Source: Sotheby's. England

Condition: Excellent.
Excellent. Typical age wear. Grazing to lip and footrim

Special features:
Rhenish stoneware Bellarmine Jug with a well-formed ovoid body with bearded mask, circular medallion enclosing a rampant lion.