Context (Display)
Old handwritten display label found with object reads: 'No provenance. Inscription reads: WAN GOT WIT SO IST MEIN SILT. Ransom coll.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to bottom of object reads: 'Wine bottle German (Frecken). late 16th century. Deposited by the museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 1931'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine, mottled brown glaze, long narrow neck, body decorated with human masks and floral design, band round centre, bearing the following inscription twice - viz; WAN:GOT:WIT:So:IS(S reversed)T:MEIN:Z ILT
Event Date 1923
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Accession Register recorded no Place beyond 'No provenance' and the database record listed '?Germany', likely based on the production spot. However, most of the Cole Ambrose collection comes from England (particularly around Ely), so it is just as likely this is a German vessel which was found in England. The Place field has been updated to record both possibilities.
Event Date 12/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Complete Bellarmine jug of stoneware with brown salt-glaze. Upright rim; long, narrow neck; globular body; flat, splayed base. Strap handle runs from below rim to body. Neck ribbed at either end, with stamped foliage design in middle. Body decorated with stamped foliage, possibly oak leaves, and roundels of bearded man in profile. Inscribed band around centre of body reads: 'WAN GOT WIT SO IST MEIN SILT' ('As God wants, such is my goal').
Event Date 14/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou