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Ceramic object

jug; Bartmann jug

Accession number: 28.112/2
Collection place: Cologne, Germany
Production date: 1525-50
Material: ceramic; stoneware
Measurements: H 175 mm; DM (max) 135 mm
Museum Section: Post-Medieval
Summary: [subsequent acc no, 50.79/1 should be used for this pot - re-mark and sort out XG] Cologne stoneware Bartmann jug with turned flat base and strap handle. Dark grey stoneware with patchy brown surface under lustrous speckled salt-glaze. Applied on the neck with rectangular bearded facemask, and around the waist with broad bands of scrolled foliage; the upper and lower body with roundel medallions containing male portrait busts. Possibly made at the Streitzeuggasse workshop.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Stonewares.
Sub-category: German.

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