Westerwald/Rhenish Salt-Glazed Body Sherd

One Westerwald/Rhenish salt glazed German stoneware body sherd from a hollowware vessel. It has a white/gray body and an unglazed interior surface. There is a cobalt (blue) decoration painted underneath a glaze on the exterior surface as well as a single unglazed sprig molded prunt.

• Object number

  274.1

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Sprig Molded

  Prunt

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Landfill Deposit GS2: Greenish Gray Sandy Silt (624.274)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

  Salt-Glazed

  German stoneware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned