Bearded Bartmann Bellarmine Jug * This is a Contemporary Replica / Reproduction. For Sale

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Bearded Bartmann Bellarmine Jug * This is a Contemporary Replica / Reproduction.:
$317.47

Bearded Bartmann / Bellarmine Jug **** Contemporary Replica / Reproduction *** Very Heavy! 2347g. * Height: 27cm.* Width (Across Handle): 20cm.* Bearded Bartmann / Bellarmine Jug *A Bartmann jug (from the German for \"beardedman\"), widely known as a Bellarmine jug, is adistinctive type of durable, salt-glazed stonewarevessel manufactured in Europe throughout the 16thand 17th centuries. * This, however is a contemporaryreproduction! * The \"Bellarmine\" Moniker: In the17thcentury, English & Dutch Protestants nicknamedthe vessels \"Bellarmines\" to mock Cardinal RobertBellarmine (1542–1621), a fierce opponent of theProtestant Reformation and a proponent of anti-alcohol stances. Over time, the caricature masks onthe jugs grew progressively more distorted,grotesque,and angry-looking. * This Jug is inGood Condition with no damage to it. * Treacle -Glaze Marks to the Handle (As Shown), where theglaze has run in the kiln; not damage to this!