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Fine
BELLARMINE JUG,
Frechen/Cologne, 1st half 17th ctry. A.D.,
almost invisible restoration,
h. 14 cm
185 EUR
At this period, wines and beers were drawn
from barrels into bottles of stoneware or leather.
This type of stoneware bottle (salt-glazed) was
first made in the Netherlands and incorporated
a stamped image of Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), who was a bitter opponent of the
Dutch Reformed Church and so it was common
for Protestants wishing to insult him by
smashing the jugs
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