Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald) Stoneware Body Sherd

One Westerwald/Rhenish salt glazed German stoneware body sherd with a gray body. The exterior surface is gray with a sprig molded decoration. The decoration is painted cobalt (blue) and manganese (purple) underneath a glaze.

• Object number

  296.20

• Date made

  1650 - 1725

• Decoration

  Sprig Molded

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Cobalt Blue

  Purple

  Purple/Mulberry

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Possible Landfill: Brown Silty Sand (624.296)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

  Salt-Glazed

  German stoneware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned