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Unique ID: YORYM-0B19A8
Object type certainty: Certain
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The neck and mouth from a stoneware jug (fired at such a high temperature that the clay becomes very hard and fully water proof). The mouth is circular with a triple mouth moulding. There are two thin collars in-between the second and the third mouldings. The remains of a handle can be seen broken off from the side of the neck. The jug from which this sherd came was probably made in Germany in the region of the Rhineland and imported. This sort of jug is probably 17th Century in date, and would have been used to import liquid. The mottled surface is produced by throwing salt into the kiln, so these jugs are often described as 'salt glazed'. They are called 'Bellarmine jugs', supposedly after a Cardinal Bellarmino who was very strongly against the Protestant Church. They are also sometime called Bartman or Beardman jugs. Fragments of these sorts of pots are quite common on sites in England.
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Quantity: 1
Weight: 43.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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