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Bellarmines are very satisfying decorative and useful shapes that have a long and interesting history. I like to think I'm keeping alive the tradition of Medieval potters but re interpreting their designs and using different materials.
My Bellarmines are slip cast using a plaster mould then have sprigs added. Sprigs are stamped or decorated pieces of clay which are added to the raw clay shape. The Roman numerals are the date the pot was made- 2024 and is therefore a very limited edition! ( I think I've made no more than 10 this year).
My pots are finished with a decorative glaze on the outside and a food safe zircon glaze on the inside. Traditionally they had stoppers made from wood or cork with metal fasteners ( similar to Grolsch beer bottles) they wouldn’t have had corks!
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Full description
Earthenware Bellarmine with mottled red glaze.
Roman numeral date inscription on shoulders for 2023 ( when I made it).
Bellarmines are storage pots originally produced in the middle ages, made with salt glazed stoneware. They depict Cardinal Bellarmino's face, a strict 16th century Italian Catholic.
The Netherland-ish potters of the time were all Protestant so mocked his abstinence by putting his face on their pots, used for transporting ale, wine and other liquids!
They were also known as a Bartman or Greybeard. Being ideal containers for shipping bellarmines have been found in New England and even as far as Perth, Australia. One was recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in the Solent.
These are the type of pots the Mayflower Pilgrims would have used, now being made by myself in Pilgrim country.
This piece is 25 cm in height and 18 cm wide.
Uk free postage and packing included.
Local delivery or pick up can be arranged in DN22 area (Retford).
Thank you for looking.
Designed by SHAUN CLARK in East Retford, Nottinghamshire
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