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	Reference: BI8 / Cat. No. Period: Late Medieval / Renaissance Origin: Raeren, Rhineland Date: 1520 – 1600 AD Description: Open lamp. Fabric: Salt-glazed stoneware, grey with brown patches. Manufacture: Wheel made. Size (cm): L. 8.0, W. 7.3, H. 2.6 Condition: Section of rear l. rim restored, repaired crack. Notes: Cf. Musée Curtius, 10133179 (KIK-IRPA); Reineking-von Bock & Jürgens, 120; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, F540-1, F1338-9, F1344a-b. Comments: The Rhineland was a major centre for the production of stoneware, a high-fired ceramic impervious to liquid, during the Middle Ages and its potters developed the technique of adding the type of glaze seen here, created by throwing salt into the hot kiln. The sodium reacted with the silica in the clay and formed a glass-like finish.
Last edited: 16-06-2009
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