Figure 52 Fragments of Bellarmine bottles, Germany, ca. 1680. Salt-glazed stoneware. One fragment’s applied relief-molded, oval medallion depicts a heart encircling a cross beneath a crown. Another fragment (not pictured) displays part of an applied relief-molded medallion, including the initial “H.” Similar initialed medallions were found on bottles made at John Dwight’s factory in Fulham, London. However, the fragment noted does not correspond with any known Dwight examples. |