Sprig Molded Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald) Stoneware Jug Body Sherd

One Westerwald or "Rhenish Blue on Gray" salt-glazed stoneware body sherd from the shoulder portion of a jug. The exterior has applied/sprig molded circular prunt-like designs surrounded by cobalt blue. The neck has cordoned bands.

• Object number

  1013.4

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Sprig Molded

  Cordoned

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Jug

• Patterns

  Circles

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Multifunction-Food Related

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Sub-Landfill: River Bottom Silt Deposit (624.1013)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

• Techniques

  Wheel Thrown