Bellarmine Jar (Witch Bottle)

Bellarmine Jar (Witch Bottle)
Bellarmine Jar (Witch Bottle)
Bellarmine Jar (Witch Bottle)
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iBase ID
17479
Title
Bellarmine Jar (Witch Bottle)
Description
Bellarmine Jar

Stoneware Bellarmine flagon, handle missing. Found in stream bed near Smeeton Westerby. Found by young girl in stream and contained black substance including hair, bits of iron which they cleaned out before taking to museum. Assumed to be a witch bottle.

Archaeology Collections, Collections Resources Centre, Barrow-on-Soar
LCC ID. No.
X.A26.2008
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