Bellarmine wine jar. A fat mottled brown ceramic bottle with a design containing a love heart stamped on the middle, and on the neck a face of a grimacing elderly bearded man with bushy eyebrows. The upper neck has broken off.

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Title

Bellarmine wine jar. A fat mottled brown ceramic bottle with a design containing a love heart stamped on the middle, and on the neck a face of a grimacing elderly bearded man with bushy eyebrows. The upper neck has broken off.

Identifier

ABDUA:17988

Description

Wine jar, 'Greybeard' or 'Bellarmine' type. Neck broken off. According to donor, Dr W D Simpson, in 1938: 'Dredged up by a trawler off the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour.'

Date

Early: 1650 Late: 1700

Format

pottery fired clay glaze, H: 230 mm Dia: 135 mm

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen Aberdeenshire

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Simpson, W.Douglas Dr