Antique German Westerwald Cobalt Blue Salt Glaze Stoneware Pitcher Jug Ewer 17"

Description

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.

Condition

Good Overall - A few stains on upper edge

Dimensions

9.5” x 4.5” x 16.5” (Width x Depth x Height)