Sold for A$260
Medium Bellarmine or Bartmann Jug. Paler speckled glaze. Wide mouth with ring around neck. Pottery Stoneware Similar to the Tiger glaze but paler. Wide mouth with ring around neck. Glazed base. 155 mm. 17th Century
Excellent. Another beautiful piece of early pottery. Actually has a tiny 1 x 1 mm hole near the middle of the base but it has been there from the time of making! A couple of nibbles and flakes around the sharp base edge. Three or four small kiln marks around the surface. (From the Ian Mastin collection whose exceptional still life artwork includes many of these pieces - http://www.ianmastin.com/) Grade: 8 Estimate: $100 - 150
