Small Bulbous 17th Century Bellarmine Jug

Originates from: Germany

Era: Mid 17th Century

Dimensions: 7” H x 5.5” Ø

Lovely mid 17th century German stoneware Bellarmine or Bartmann jug, of short but bulbous scale, sporting a beautiful bearded man mask on the neck, likely representative of a wodewose, a wild man of the woods. Decorated with a legible and stunning cartouche to the body of the bottle. These bottles were used originally for holding and transporting wine or oil, but later adopted as witch bottles by tradition - housing nails, hair, and other articles and buried as a form of apotropaic magic.