16th-17th century AD. A salt-glazed ceramic bellarmine 'Bartmann' jug with squat spherical body, broad cylindrical neck, strap handle and foot with rolled rim, medial inscription, bearded face with raised eye and nose above, raised palmettes between roundels framing profile male bust to the sides and below. Cf. Bartmannkrug examples in Klinge, E., Duits Steengoed, Amsterdam, 1996; similar jug in Schneider, J.W., Oet d'oole Deuze, in Jaarboek Twente, 1967. 544 grams, 14.6cm (5 3/4"). Ex UK collection, acquired in Chichester, UK, 1980s-1990s. Condition Report Fine condition, some restoration.