A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug c.1690

A Westerwald stoneware Royal jug c.1690, applied with a roundel of King William III, titled around the portrait with 'WILHELMVS III. DG. MA BRI. FRA. ET HIB. REX' (William III, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland), reserved on a ground of incised and applied stylized tulips and other flowers reserved on manganese glaze, 20.5cm.

Provenance: from a private collection in Wiltshire.

Cf. David Gaimster, German Stoneware, pl.121 for an identical example.