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| Keywords: German - Jug - Walters 482088.jpg A jug such as this with a flat spherical shape set on a hollow pedestal base like a drinking flask may be called in German a Flachkrug flat jug The cobalt blue glaze--an innovation of the Raeren workshops in the 1540s--brings out the distinctive incised pattern of foliage linked by the stems also characteristic of Raeren The petaled flower or star motif was very popular for round vessels ca 1570 1650 Baroque stoneware with salt glaze and pewter lid cm 35 accession number 48 2088 7001 Mr and Mrs Fred Van Slyke date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs Fred J van Slyke Jr 1956 place of origin Raeren Belgium Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Westerwald Stoneware | ||||
