Accession No

1883.466


Description

A brown-orange glazed Bellarmine jug with a ribbed circular rim, looped handle, globular body and long splayed base. There are two areas with impressed detailing; a bearded face with an open mouth upon the neck area, and an oval area upon the body containing a figure holding a shield and palm branches or wings.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Cambridge


Period

Post Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Babington, Charles Cardale [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.466; 74


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

118mm x 230mm Weight 0.764kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1883.466: 'Jug, Bellamine, with medallion with star in shield'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Labels & Markings)
Attached historic label with text written in black ink reads: '74. Pres. by C. C. Babington M. [remainder of label is missing]'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Labels & Markings)
Affixed square label with text written in black ink: 'A83 / C.A.M 466'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Labels & Markings)
Folded and partially ripped handwritten label reads: '74. [blank space] Pres. by C.C. Babington'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A brown-orange glazed Bellarmine jug, or Bartmann jug. Medallion with star in shield and a face and palm branches.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug. Medallion with star in shield and a face and palm branches
Event Date 16/2/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A brown-orange glazed Bellarmine jug with a ribbed circular rim, looped handle, globular body and long splayed base. There are two areas with impressed detailing; a bearded face with an open mouth upon the neck area, and an oval area upon the body containing a figure holding a shield and palm branches or wings.
Event Date 14/2/2023
Author: Jane Pettitt


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:15047

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