Bellarmine

This salt-glazed stoneware example was possibly made by Anthony Hilcote at Westbank Pottery at Portobello in Midlothian. It dates from the late 18th century.

Stoneware, a highly-fired durable ceramic, was well-suited to holding valuable liquor.

A bellarmine is a type of jug or tankard for ale or spirits bearing a bearded mask. It is named after Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), an Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal whom the jugs were intended to caricature. Bellarmine, an important influence in the Counter-Reformation, was canonised.

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Online ID:	000-180-000-370-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.1992.216
Date:	Late 18th century Late 20th century
Material:	Cast white metal
Dimensions:	68 mm D
What:	Medal, commemorative
Subject:	Medals (NMAS Classification)
Who:	Ian Grant, Edinburgh (Maker) Jacopo Primavera (Maker of original of obverse) Mary Queen of Scots
Where:	SCOTLAND Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	White metal medal of Mary Queen of Scots, the obverse copied from a 16th century medal by Jacopo Primavera: by Ian Grant of Edinburgh, late 20th century
References:	Medallic Illustrations I, p 118, no 52
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