Westerwald/Rhenish Salt-Glazed Body Sherd

One Westerwald/Rhenish salt glazed German stoneware body sherd with a light gray body and light tan interior. The exterior surface is gray with a cobalt (blue) decoration painted underneath a glaze.

• Object number

  240.13

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Strata Above Stone Wall (624.240)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

  Salt-Glazed

  German stoneware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned