Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 51
A large Cologne/Frechen stoneware bellarmine (Bartmannskrug), mid 16th century
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,812.50 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A large Cologne/Frechen stoneware bellarmine (Bartmannskrug), mid 16th century
Applied with a bearded mask and a border of acanthus leaves below the rim, above a circular medallion with the arms of Jülich-Kleve-Berg surrounded by a border of acanthus leaves, the sides with similar medallions and the arms of the city of Cologne, the body with scattered rosettes, 32.3cm high (section missing from the rim)
Footnotes
Similar bellarmines are in the Collection of the British Museum (illustrated in D. Gaimster, German Stoneware 1200-1900 (1997), no. 47, and in the Kustgewerbemuseum Cologne (illustrated by G. Reineking von Bock, Steinzeug (1986), no. 274). A detail of the Cologne arms from another bellarmine is also illustrated in D. Gaimster (1997), fig. 85 right.
