English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017

Lot 241

A large stoneware armorial Bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug 17th century

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A large stoneware armorial Bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug 17th century, decorated with three relief-moulded panels of an armorial shield flanked by cockerels and mythical animals beneath a spreading tree, the neck with a bearded mask, the panels splashed with cobalt blue, 40cm.