Rouletted Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald) Stoneware Jug Body Sherd

One Westerwald or "Rhenish Blue on Gray" salt-glazed stoneware body sherd from a jug or similar hollowware vessel. The exterior has a diagonal rouletted geometric design with a horizontal cobalt blue filled in line. The interior has visible turn rings and the body is light gray in color.

• Object number

  604.1

• Date made

  1600 - 1775

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Rouletted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Jug

• Patterns

  Geometric

  Line(s)

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Stoneware

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Rhenish Blue on Gray (Westerwald)

• Techniques

  Wheel Thrown