Jug
Jug
Jug

picture provided by Prof. Athanasios Vionis

picture provided by Prof. Athanasios Vionis

picture provided by Prof. Athanasios Vionis

About this jug

Mask: Group 5

Medallion: Coat of Arms

Vessel: Group 18

Location:

Paros, Cyclades,
Greece

Long/Lat: 37.049574, 25.182583

Archaeological Context: Sealed feature: No / Don’t know

Time Period: 1650 - 1700

Feature description: Complete stoneware Bartmann jug with a globular body, flat base, and narrow neck. The facemask displays distorted facial features characteristic of 17th-century Frechen production. The vessel is further decorated with the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam applied to the body.

The presence of a Frechen-produced Bartmann jug on Paros reflects the island’s integration into 17th-century maritime trade networks connecting the Cyclades with north-western Europe. Archaeological and architectural evidence from the island indicates a shift towards elite consumption and display during this period, as demonstrated by the importation of luxury ceramics from Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. The jug likely functioned as a status object within the domestic or commercial sphere of emerging local elites.

Vionis, A. K. (2022) ‘The Construction of Sacred Landscapes and Maritime Identities in the Post-Medieval Cyclades Islands: The Case of Paros’, Religions, 13, 164.

Custody: Museum

Custody Data: Otto Kaparis Ethnographic Collection of Naoussa