Sprig Molded & Incised Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald) Stoneware Jug

Seventeen base and body sherds from a Westerwald or "Rhenish Blue on Gray" salt-glazed stoneware jug or bottle. The exterior is decorated with a cobalt blue painted line around the cordoned base. The body has painted purple decoration with sprigged flowers and leaves and incised stems. The vessel mends in two sections and consists of nine sherds that mend but are not mended, three sherds that mend but are not mended, and five sherds that do not mend but are possibly from the same vessel. This vessel is cross-mended between the lot 14 midden and the transitional level above the midden.

• Object number

  429.33, 429.16, 429.14, 429.4, 429.15, 429.28, 429.5, 831.75, 831.84, 899.14, 840.21, 819.70, 840.9, 808.31, 808.18, 819.35, 899.11

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Incised

  Sprig Molded

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

  Purple

• Animals/objects

  Jug

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 14 North, Transitional Deposit Overlying Midden (624.429)

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

  Salt-Glazed