Hypothesis : This sherd seems similar to part from a Bellarmine Jug (1650)

Look about enclosed picture

Andre

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that time period.  You might try Harvey Steele at the Oregon Archaeology Society, Portland Oregon.  I know he was the expert for the US Customs at one time.

Thanks Garry, I appreciate your answer.

Could be italian from Pisa.

Thank you Margaret, I will do that by email.

Much appreciated. I'll let you know how I get on.

Sorry, Thomas,  I deleted my comment instead of editing it.

I have recollection of salt-glazed stoneware [German?] found in Chester, but it's decades since I saw it. As you will know, Dublin and Chester had many trade links.

If you contact Julie Edwards at the Historic Environment Team in Cheshire West and Chester Council, she will give details of origin and date. She's currently President of the Medieval Pottery Research Group. Contact the office at 01244 976212 or email: [email protected]

If that doesn't work, tell me and I'll send you her personal email address privately

Hello Margaret,

yes, plenty of contact with Bristol, Chester and Devon with Dublin - we found plenty of Devon material in the scatter. I'll let you know how we get on.

best wishes,

Tom

Hypothesis : This sherd seems similar to part from a Bellarmine Jug (1650)

Look about enclosed picture

Andre

Dear Thomas:

Something similar:

"This Jug is an Armorial Bellarmine A Frechen jug. These jugs were most likely named after the unpopular Cardinal Bellarmine who lived from 1542 - 1621. According to Wikipedia, he was a Roman Catholic theologian, and was a leader of the counter reformation. These jugs are salt glazed, a process whereby salt is put into a kiln during firing, where a reaction occurs, creating the glaze".....

http://d-vers.com/bellarmine-jug-stoneware-rare-antique-17th-c-greybeard-p-569.html

Regards.

"Parts of 17th century British settler pottery".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066951/Found-After-nearly-400-years-site-Pocahontas-married-Englishman-John-Rolfe.html

Regards.

This type of salt glazed stoneware is sometimes known as 'Tiger glaze'. In the 17th-early 18th centuries it was most prolifically produced in Western Germany (Rhineland). It was also increasingly manufactured in Britain (Bristol, Staffordshire and other places) from the 18th century.

Yes, it was those sort of jugs that I was thinking about in Chester, but the Rhenish or possibly Dutch type: Bartmann or Greybeard. The sherd probably needs personal inspection to say whether northern European mainland or a British copy - but Julie Edwards is considerably expert and may be able to give a provenance from the photo.

Some examples seem to be published in:

Anna Bröker, Rheinisches Steinzeug in der Nouvelle-France Quebec/Kanada. PhD thesis Munich, 1998.

https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10084/

https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10084/1/Broeker_Anna.pdf

E.g. plate (Tafel) 15, 5-3 (Habitation de Champlain (CeEt-9)), 20, 14-2 (Îlot Hunt (CeEt-110)).

David Gaimster, The supply of Rhenish stoneware to London 1350-1600.  The London archaeologist 5, 1987, pp.  339-347.

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol05/vol05_13/05_13_339_347.pdf

Rasika Muthucumarana, Palitha Weerasinha, and A.M.A. Dayananda, Beardman jugs from the Avondster site.

http://www.mausrilanka.lk/publications/images/Beardman%20Jars.pdf

http://maritimeasia.ws/maritimelanka/avondster/beardman.html

Janine E. Skerry, To their destined market: salt-glazed stoneware at Colonial Williamsburg', International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, Handbook, 2008, pp. 28-37.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242729881_TO_THEIR_DESTINED_MARKET_SALT-GLAZED_STONEWARE_AT_COLONIAL_WILLIAMSBURG

E.g. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

Best wishes,

Stefan

Article TO THEIR DESTINED MARKET: SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE AT COLONIAL ...

I believe that British versions of the Rhenish ware appeared in London by the late-17th century, following on from those imports discussed in the London paper by David Gaimster which Stefan has listed above. I hope that Tom will be hearing from Julie Edwards.

 This is Julie's response:

The fragment is a piece of salt-glazed stoneware. The shape of the fragment suggests that it might be from a narrow necked bottle or jug which is a common form from the late 16th – early 18th century. You may have come across such bottles with bearded faces on the front which are popularly known as bellarmines or Bartmann jugs.

The technique of producing salt-glazed stonewares was developed in the Rhineland and large quantities were exported throughout Europe from the late 15th century. Frechen was the main production site in the late 16th and 17th centuries. However in the second half of the 17th century salt-glazed stoneware began to be produced in London.

Initially the London stonewares were made to look like Rhenish products, although the clay was slightly different, so from a photograph it is difficult to say whether your piece is Rhenish or London and given the date of the other artefacts in the midden either source could be possible.

I may send the shard to her.  Thank you everyone for all the great answers. Delighted with the response.

best wishes,

Tom

Got here too late, sorry!

Yes, it does look like salt-glazed stoneware and it seemed to have reached Portugal though commerce, although I might not say the date of similar fragments I excavated in the Convent of Bom Jesus in Peniche, once these fragments came from a disturbed context, but they were found in a monastery that worked from the late 1500's to the early 1800's. The city was an important port particularly after the 1600's. Due to commercial ties between Portugal and England I suppose the fragments I found were probably English production. The typology of the vase also suggests a small vase with a narrow neck, probably table ware for water or wine.

Best,

Claudia

See web site linked for some photos of entire jug:

Article referenced:

Brown Saltglaze Stoneware Jug, Bartmannkrug, Grey Beard, Armorial Bellarmine

Seal of Amsterdam, Clean   Frechen, Circa 1600

A globular form featuring a frontal medallion, the seal of Amsterdam beneath mask

And here is a shard I have with partial Seal of Amsterdam  -

http://www.aaawt.com/html/antique_stoneware.html

Definitely looks like the Rhenish stoneware we find on this side of the pond.

Sorry, I also got here late, but the situation seems absolutely clear. This is certainly a piece aof slat-glazed stoneware of the type generally called "rhenisch", where it might in fact have been manufactured.