Bartmann Jug, High Street, Old Town, Eastbourne

3D Model

Jugs like this were decorated with distinctive male faces and made in western Germany. They were used as pitchers or bottles and often contained wine. Frequently they had medallions on the front and even German mottos added such as “Eat and drink, forget not God”.

This jug was one of the many artefacts found during the Eastbourne Urban Medieval Excavation Project which ran from 1977 until 1984.