Bartmann jug

ID:

A10986

Production date:

mid 16th century

Location:

In Store

Cologne stoneware Bartmann jug. The dark grey stoneware has a patchy brown surface under a lustrous speckled salt-glaze. The neck has a rectangular bearded facemask, and around the waist are broad bands of scrolled foliage interspersed with fruit and blossom. There are roundels on the upper and lower body depicting lion masks.  < ...Read more

Cologne stoneware Bartmann jug. The dark grey stoneware has a patchy brown surface under a lustrous speckled salt-glaze. The neck has a rectangular bearded facemask, and around the waist are broad bands of scrolled foliage interspersed with fruit and blossom. There are roundels on the upper and lower body depicting lion masks.

Decorated stoneware jugs, made in Cologne in Germany, started to appear in London by 1510. These were luxury items used by the upper and middle classes to serve wine at the dinner table. At this time people started to have more disposable income to spend on fancy tableware to impress their friends. Since stoneware was cheaper than glass and silverware, the middle classes could afford it, and used it to imitate the fine dining habits of the rich. < Hide

Measurements

H 185 mm, H 180 mm; W (rim) 64 mm (overall)

Materials

ceramic; stoneware; Cologne

Last Updated

2024-04-16