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Hand-thrown gray, salt-glazed mug with narrow neck, wide belly, narrow base, and a c-shaped handle. Neck decorated with shallow turned rings and two cobalt stripes. Main motif on belly is applied, impressed cartouche with initials "GR" filled with cobalt. Jagged incised lines surround cartouche and are filled with cobalt. Remaineder of belly decorated with curvilinear incised lines filled with cobalt. Blue cobalt stripe just above base.
mugs
stoneware (pottery)
cobalt blue (pigment)
salt glaze
Westerwald
Mug
"GR" (Cartouche filled in)
Unknown
8 5/8 (H), 4 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.622
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