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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 493793, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome to the Forum, Tina.</p><p>I always love these jugs, we see them a lot here in the Netherlands because we are close to their place of origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bartmann is the type, not the manufacturer. It means bearded man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fid is right, this is a German jug, made in the Cologne area. The original ones were made from the 15th - 18th century.</p><p>From the 16th century onward they were made in the town of Frechen, just west of Cologne, by potters who were expelled from Cologne because of the toxic fumes that came from their kilns. It is said that from then on they modelled the faces after the faces of the Cologne city governors who forced them out.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The jugs were exported throughout Europe, not just to the Austro-Hungarian lands. There was no specific link between Frechen and the Danube monarchy, other than trade to a foreign country.</p><p>It is likely that yours is a late 19th century replica, but you can contact the German Ceramicsmuseum to be sure: <a href="mailto:kontakt@keramikmuseum.de">kontakt@keramikmuseum.de</a></p><p>This is a link to their site:</p><p><a href="https://www.keramikmuseum.de/exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.keramikmuseum.de/exhibition" rel="nofollow">https://www.keramikmuseum.de/exhibition</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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