LL-L "Arts & crafts" 2004.10.15 (05) [E]

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2004.10.14 (01) [E]

In message <01c301c4b207$1efabac0$1c0d5f80 at dental.washington.edu>,
Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>(i.e. Heather Rendall) writes
>>Heather, what is a "Bartmensch" (which seems to be German for "beard
>person" = 'bearded man')?  Is it the type of jug or tankard with a bearded
>man's face on the side?<
>
>They are a type of jug imported from (North?) Germany and the head of a
>bearded man forms the under part of the spout. They are made of earthenware
>with a blue/grey/brown mottled glaze. From the 17th century onwards ? Maybe
>earlier, I am not sure.

The English for these jugs is 'Bellarmine'.  And, much as we
archaeologists love pots, _they_ weren't imported - they were simply the
packaging for the wine they contained.

The name comes from Cardinal Bellarmine, who is supposed to be the
person on the jug. All my books on post-medieval ceramics seem to have
buried themselves, but a websearch on 'David Gaimster' should bring up
the references you need for the history of the name, their distribution,
etc..

Cheers!

Pat

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Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
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                    but just you come back in 500 years time"
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