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Antique German Westerwald stoneware pottery decanter jug, ewer or pitcher. Made of cobalt blue salt glaze stoneware featuring Dionysus / …
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Antique German Westerwald stoneware pottery decanter jug, ewer or pitcher. Made of cobalt blue salt glaze stoneware featuring Dionysus / Bacchus, cherubs, a drunk man drinking next to a barrel and a woman dancing with her stein. Marked Germany 887.
Westerwald pottery, or Westerwald stoneware, is a distinctive type of salt glazed grey pottery from the Höhr-Grenzhausen and Ransbach-Baumbach area of Westerwaldkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Typically, Westerwald pottery is decorated with cobalt blue painted designs, although some later examples are white. Kannenbackerland. Gerzit.
Dimensions:
9.5” x 4.5” x 16.5” (Width x Depth x Height)
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- Dimensions
- 9.5ʺW × 4.5ʺD × 16.5ʺH
- Styles
- Traditional
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Stoneware
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Good Overall - A few stains on upper edge Good Overall - A few stains on upper edge less
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