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The owl was used for all kinds of symbolic reasons in art around 1600, but not all of these symbolic values are easy to connect to these cups.
However, owl beakers were sometimes given away as prices for shooting competitions, likely because the owl was used as a decoy for catching other birds.

Why an owl? Owls produce pellets that they throw up. Looks like vomiting... which humans do when drinking too much from an owl beaker.

The owl beaker head and body (right) were made more than 400 years ago in the Netherlands. They are in the Boijmans van Beuningen museum. I made a replica (left).
#archeology #pottery #history #majolica

Why a jug with a #bagpipe? In #medieval times the bagpipe was a symbol for debauchery: feasting, sexuality, drinking a lot. This jug is a replica of a jug that was made somewhere between 1475 and 1550. So it all makes sense. Right?
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#bartmannjug #pottery #puntneuskruik

Indeed. This is good advice :)

Thanks. I have been playing with the idea of firing it in the woodkiln without glaze - then it would certainly get a warm blush... but maybe it's most beautiful in terracotta.

Thank you

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

A new #art piece in progress. These are my father's and my own faces combined.
A two-faced head is also seen in #Janus, the #Roman god of transitions, new beginnings and doorways. Without knowing, we use his name often in our month #January.

#pottery #clay #sculpture

Happy Easter!

Three hares on a 14th century tile found at the monastry Wettingen, in Switzerland. Picture taken in castle Lenzburg.

#hare #easter #medievalart #archeology

Finding a medieval image of soap is pretty tricky, but I reckon I've found one, there on the left on that little table.
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Washing a Leper, 1480-1500, winged retable,
Parish Church of St. Giles, Bardejov, Slovakia.

Bottles for feeding kids have a long history! Here's a Roman and a medieval one, alongside the replicas that I made. The very round Roman bottle was found in NL (collection RMO, Leiden). The medieval jug is dated 1350-1400 (museum Boijmans van Beuningen).

#archeology #history #babybottle #pottery

Installing a suit of #armour in the new exhibition of castle #ammersoyen . This armour was forged years ago by Smederij Kloosterhuis, with my assistance. It is based on an image of Willem van Gelre kneeling before the French king Charles VI.

When biking to the train station I saw this mysterious scene - so I turned back home, got my camera and wandered around until I captured this image.
The artprint is now available in a limited edition of only five signed and numbered pieces.
#photography #art #limitededitionprint #nature

I Tried Medieval Pottery YouTube video by V. Birchwood

I was visited by V.Birchwood for this video. You get to see the production process of a stoneware cup - from kickwheel to wood kiln. The video also contains an interview. These sessions turned out to be a good moment to reflect on trial and error. 
youtu.be/CBuIHjVU3dY?...

Comparable facejugs are usually dated between 1470 and 1550. I wouldn't dare to date a piece more specifically without a finding context.
I understand that the experts in the show have to know a lot about a huge range of items, so these remarks are not meant as critique.

The production region of the "puntneuskruik" is Aken and Raeren. The jugs were often made with a pinched foot, but a flat base wasn't particularly uncommon.

The historian in the show doubts that the jug was found in an Amsterdam canal. I would say it's not unlikely, since many comparable pieces have been found in Amsterdam (including the one I own myself).

Yesterday this facejug was on Dutch television. I would like to add and correct a couple of things, see comment section.

You can watch the show here. The fragment with the facejug is 15:53 - 20:25
npo.nl/start/afspel...

Westerwald stoneware can be found in 17th century paintings, like the cheerful drinker by Judith Leyster. The jug is from Museum Rotterdam. In the frieze the letters: "H" and "K" (initials of the mould maker?). The jug was made in the beginning of the 17th century.

I Tried Medieval Pottery YouTube video by V. Birchwood

I was visited by V.Birchwood for this behind the scenes video. Watch me fail at making a proper replica - a good moment to reflect on trial and error.

youtu.be/CBuIHjVU3dY?...

thank you!

beautiful glaze!

Ammersoyen Castle had a series of interesting residents. I'm working on a display with their family crests, based on armorials from the 14th and 15th centuries. The shields will be part of the new set-up in the castle museum.
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#medievalhistory #heraldry #gelderland #middeleeuwen #ammersoyen

"The Pancake Bakery" by Pieter Aertsen, 1560, oil on panel, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum

Pancake time!

I've been buying medieval replicas again... I can't resist!
This time a Trivet made by Kloosterhuis ( www.smederijkloosterhuis.nl ) and a frying pan made by @atelierable.bsky.social
I guess this means I have to record a video of me making pancakes on an open fire one of these weeks :)

Would a medieval fire cover have looked like this after one year of use?
This replica by #atelierable was used by @fakehistoryhunter.net , protecting her home against sparks and preventing her cats from lying down in the hot ashes.
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#medievalpottery #pottery #history #experimentalarchaeology