German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware Ball-Belly (Kugelbauch) Jug related_ar6430-35 Macmillan Publishers (New York

Macmillan Publishers (New York

this lovely and rare 16th century

Appleton-Century-Crofts

To Finial: Width 6 Depth 4

With elaborately carved oak over-mantel with two busts of a male and female in the half round

German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware Ball-Belly (Kugelbauch) Jug related_ar6430-35 Macmillan Publishers (New YorkDETAILS An antique Westerwald pottery ball belly or Kugelbauch pitcher with a narrow neck, bulbous body and C shape handle with a curled tail. The jug is brushed with cobalt blue designs and stamped with V shape designs on the shoulder and body all on a grey ground. Westerwald pottery is a salt glazed, grey stoneware made in the Hhr Grenzhausen and Ransbach Baumbach area of Westerwaldkreis in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. The decoration is traditionally