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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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