P3281
German Export Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware King George Jug
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DETAILS
An antique Westerwald pottery pitcher with a tall, tooled, manganese glaze neck over an ovoid body with a loop handle. Made for the British market, the jug is marked with the cypher GR (for Georgius Rex for George I (1714-27) or George II (1727-60), all framed by cobalt blue swirls and scroll decoration.
Westerwald pottery is a salt glazed, grey stoneware made in the Höhr-Grenzhausen and Ransbach-Baumbach area of Westerwaldkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. The decoration is traditionally cobalt blue.
Westerwald pottery is a salt glazed, grey stoneware made in the Höhr-Grenzhausen and Ransbach-Baumbach area of Westerwaldkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. The decoration is traditionally cobalt blue.
COLOR(S)
Cobalt blue, manganese, tan
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Germany | Europe
MARKS
Unmarked
PERIOD
18th century
DATE
Circa 1720-60
DIMENSIONS
Width 5.5 Depth 4.5 Height 6.25 inches
CONDITION
Note: chip (lip).
