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German stoneware Bellarmine jug. LOT WITHDRAWN

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
German stoneware Bellarmine jug. LOT WITHDRAWN
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German stoneware Bellarmine jug. 1922 grams, 11" tall. This is an intact, flat-bottomed jug of a common but interesting type with narrow, single-handled neck above an applied medallion of a bearded-faced man (Cardinal Bellarmine), with most of the original orange-brown glaze remaining but with a substantial area stripped of its glaze (whether by nature in the sea or due to improper conservation) and even the medallion itself missing. From the Vergulde Draeck ("Gilt Dragon"), sunk in 1656 off Western Australia, LOT WITHDRAWN