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About this jug

Mask: Group 13

Medallion: Anthropomorph

Vessel: Group 7

Location:

Land Van Belofte, Schiedam,
Netherlands

Long/Lat: 51.91853, 4.40155

Archaeological Context: Sealed feature: Sealed feature

Site type: Rural landscape

Notes: Around 1660, the large farmstead ‘het Land van Belofte’ was built in the Wilde Veenen polder, which had only recently been drained (1655). The owner also used the farmstead as a country retreat and it served as a hunting lodge. Archaeological investigations were carried out at this site in 2004

Time Period: 1550 - 1600

Height: 240.00

Max-width: 150.00

Foot diameter: 95.00

Transcription: MEINIS ≡IL (W)AN GOD.VILT SO IST MEINIS ≡IL (W)AN GOD.VILT SO IST MEINIS ≡IL

Feature description: Bartmann jug; stoneware with surface treatment; exterior salt glaze with iron engobe; mask; on the belly, a frieze with an inscription: ..MEINIS ≡IL (W)AN GOD.VILT SO IST MEINIS ≡IL (W)AN GOD.VILT SO IST MEINIS ≡IL with medallion heads depicted at the top and bottom, alternating with acanthus leaves; footring; loop handle (missing); provenance: Germany, Frechen

Identifier: 35393

Custody: Local / state / national archives

Custody Data: Provinciaal Archeologisch Depot Zuid-Holland