German stoneware "Bellarmine" jug, ca. 1650. 903 grams, 8-1/2" tall. Pear-shaped jug with nicely formed bearded man decoration, central medallion, and single handle pressed into rare gray colored salt glaze, desirable artifact with slight wear and discolorations to glaze, concretions remaining on base, original with slight surface hairline firing crack in glaze and completely stable and original. Circa 1650 river find, tidewater Virginia, with photo-certificate. (Estimate: $600 - 900)