German Westerwald Pewter Mounted Stoneware Pottery Tankard

DETAILS An antique Westerwald pottery stein with cobalt blue foliate scroll and tooled bands on a grey ground with a pewter hinged lid. Ownership monogram (lid top): M.B. Westerwald pottery is a salt glazed, grey stoneware made in the Höhr-Grenzhausen and Ransbach-Baumbach area of Westerwaldkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The decoration is traditionally cobalt blue. MARKS Pewter lid: touch mark. PERIOD 18th century DATE Circa 1740 DIMENSIONS Width 6 Depth 4 Height 9 inches CONDITION Note: restoration to lid.