Jug
1702-1714 (made)
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This jug is an example of Westerwald ware. These wares were imported into Britain from Germany from the late 1600s until at least 1780. At this time English stoneware factories made only brown wares and were unable to reproduce the blue and purple decoration used on Westerwald beer mugs. After 1714 these imported German mugs bore a 'GR' medallion for 'Georgius Rex'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded and incised |
| Brief description | Jug of salt-glazed stoneware with applied and incised decoration, made in the Westerwald, ca. 1702-1714. |
| Physical description | Jug of salt-glazed stoneware with applied and incised decoration coloured blue. Globular body with a cylindrical neck with horizontal mouldings and a small loop handle. On the front is a medallion with the initials 'A R' under a crown. On either side of the medallion are stems with flowers and foliage reserved on a ground coloured blue and the outline incised. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A R' (On the front, the cipher of Queen Anne) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Summary | This jug is an example of Westerwald ware. These wares were imported into Britain from Germany from the late 1600s until at least 1780. At this time English stoneware factories made only brown wares and were unable to reproduce the blue and purple decoration used on Westerwald beer mugs. After 1714 these imported German mugs bore a 'GR' medallion for 'Georgius Rex'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3751-1901 |
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| Record created | November 15, 2002 |
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