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Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Buff stoneware decorated with alternating bands of impressed vertical lines and moulded and applied stylized leaves, coated with a cream wash and salt-glazed
Buff stoneware, with impressed (Knibisdekor) decoration and applied moulded reliefs, coated with a cream wash, and salt-glazed. An accidental splodge of cobalt blue is below the rim near the handle on one side. The jug stands on a circular disk base. It has bulbous sides, contracting into a cylindrical neck, the top of which is pinched at the front to form a lip. The strap handle tapers towards its lower junction with the body, and has a hole on the top to take a mount for a cover. The sides are decorated with three horizontal bands of applied moulded reliefs of stylized leaves, alternating with two bands of impressed lines with a straight upper and lower edge, and two with wavy upper and lower edges.
History note: Ludwig Heinemann, Taunusstrasse 40, Wiesbaden, from whom bought for 25 marks on 10 October, 1908 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 1.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, first half#
Circa
1700
-
1750
Decoration of lines executed with thin pointed slats of wood are described in German as Knibisdekor, and when in horizontal bands, as Knibisbänder. It is found on jugs, teapots, tureens, tankards, and other ware in the late 17th and 18th centuries.
When purchased by Dr Glaisher, this jug was attributed to Siegburg, but was reattributed to the Westerwald area by Barnard Rackham.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Body
Decoration
Relief Decoration
Accession number: C.2063-1928
Primary reference Number: 76593
Old object number: 2864
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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