A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug dated 1691

A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug dated 1691, applied with a roundel moulded with the portraits of William of Orange and Queen Mary in coronation robes, a trumpeting herald between them, above the inscription 'Uifonschollanffe Tuynloo Bloof enorinicappellenenRoofen' (In our Dutch garden bloom oranges and roses), reserved on a ground of applied and incised tulips and other flowers, the body glazed in manganese, a chip to the rim, 17.5cm.

Provenance: from a private collection in Wiltshire.

Cf. David Gaimster, German Stoneware, p.264 for a similar example.