This is a brown colored, salt-glazed stoneware jug. The primary center of manufacture was in the Siegburg district of Germany. From the middle of the fifteenth century until 1700 an important trade developed between the Germans, the English, the French, and the Dutch. These very durable jugs were used for wines, ale, oil, vinegar, or water. A prominent feature of these bottles is a bearded human face which ornaments the neck opposite the handle and below the thickened lip.
This intact jug was found in Lee County, Mississippi in 1981. The jug was brought into the area by either the English or French army officers, and dates between 1700 and 1720.
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