Sold for A$900
Large Bellarmine or Bartmann Jug. Bearded Face to neck and small medallion to centre front body. Pottery Stoneware Stoneware Bellarmine. Applied decoration. Salt Glaze. 327 mm. 1600s
Very Good. Some wear around the lip, small chip on inner left lip. A couple of small flakes to outer lip. A bit of wear to handle with a couple of small potters blow outs. Right upper body has a small blow out. Left upper body has a dinted region with a large kiln kiss chip over about 45 x 25 mm, this is from making. Dinted area to right rear near base from making. 70 mm crack up from left rear base edge, this also goes 20 mm or so under base. Some flakes and small chips to base edge. Some wear to glaze throughout. 25 mm crack to mid right. Similar size hairline to left of medallion. A couple of glaze flakes. A fair bit of flaking around the bearded face, more like a chip at his head. Really crude item with a crude glaze, this is a nice item. Grade: 7 Estimate: $500 - 750
