Details

A Frechen stoneware armorial Bellarmine 1590-1610 Bartmannkrug, the light brown-ground globular body partly dashed in blue, applied with a large frontal medallion enclosing the coat-of-arms of the Duchy of Jülich-Kleef-Berg, the neck with a large bearded male mascaroon, the loop handle ending in a tail, some corrosion to the glaze 32 cm. high

Provenance

Recovered from a Batavia-bound East India Company shipwreck.

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