Accession No
1927.1225 A
Description
Bellarmine jug of salt-glazed, brown stoneware. Ribbed rim; bearded man and loop handle on neck; globular body decorated with a medallion enclosing a rosette; small, frilled base. Once contained iron 'odds and ends', now no longer present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell
Period
Post Medieval 17th century
Source
Ridgeway, William (Professor; Sir) [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.1225 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
228mm Weight 0.971kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A very faded luggage tag-type label, typical of those used by Ridgeway, was previously attached to this jug by metal wire. It is now too faded to read, although it may provide the information about its discovery that was recorded on the catalogue card.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue notes: 'Found built into a chimney corner in an old house in Burwell.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
This bottle once contained 'odds and ends of iron' and was recorded in one label as being found 'under or beside fire hearth'. A label found in 1927.1225 B appears to indicate that these two jugs were found together, but with iron contents.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label found in jug reads: 'Burwell under or beside fire hearth - contained odds & ends of iron'. In faded red pencil: 'H[?P]'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Medallion encloses rosette'
Event Date 3/10/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Nigel Jeffries, Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), dates this jug to the mid- to late-17th century. It was made in Frechen, Germany as a domestic jug but the provenance and deposit suggests it was reused as a 'witch bottle'. Jeffries is part of an AHRC-funded project (AH/S002693): 'Bottles Concealed and Revealed'.
Event Date 21/11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug decorated with a medallion enclosing a rosette. Once contained iron 'odds and ends', now no longer present.
Event Date 21/11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug of salt-glazed, brown stoneware. Ribbed rim; bearded man and loop handle on neck; globular body decorated with a medallion enclosing a rosette; small, frilled base. Once contained iron 'odds and ends', now no longer present.
Event Date 12/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:14319
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