bellarmine
English edit
Noun edit
bellarmine (plural bellarmines)
- A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
- 1905, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, page 290:
- A bellarmine found in Westminster, which, when found, was corked up, and in it were found some old pins and rusty nails; it had been probably used in the art of Black Magic.