German Stoneware

_Shown here are some of the distinctive styles that belong to the German stoneware tradition of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The tall "Schnellen" (tankards) of Siegburg, made of white-clay, are characterized by applied round medallions and panels with bilical or mythological subjects. Further south in the Westerwald region the vessels had distinctive ovoid bodies and narrow nects. They were decorated with a regular diaper pattern and stamped leaf and floral motifs, and cobalt blue and manganese purple glazes. A more ambitious use of color was found on the broad tankards made in Kreussen, South Germany._  Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab