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

One very small Westerwald or "Rhenish Blue on Gray" salt-glazed stoneware body sherd from a hollowware vessel. The exterior has very some sprigging and bright blue cobalt coloring. The interior has no visible decoration and the body is light gray in color.

• Object number

  204.9

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Sprig Molded

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Gray and Tan Sand with Shell Below Rocks (624.204)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

• Techniques

  Wheel Thrown