Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald) Stoneware Body Sherd

One very small Westerwald or "Rhenish Blue on Gray" salt glazed stoneware body sherd from an indeterminate vessel type. One surface has painted cobalt blue decoration with incised lines. The opposite surface has no visible decoration. The body is light gray in color.

• Object number

  187.23

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Incised

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Sub-Landfill: River Bottom Silt Deposit (624.187)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

  Salt-Glazed