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Raeren Armorial Stoneware Jug dated 1592<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Raeren Stoneware Jug dated 1592, incised, stamped and applied moulded decoration

workshop Jan Baldems Mennicken, H. 23 cm
Arms of Wilhelm von Nesselrode und Wilhelma von Strithagen seine Hausfrau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Raeren cobaltblue and grey saltglazed stoneware was elaborately developed by Jan Emens Mennicken ca. 1582 – 1591. <\/strong>Jan Baldems belonged to the extensive family of the Mennickens, who dominated Raeren pottery at least from the second half of the 16th century onwards. He led the Raeren artisans into the new Baroque period. Jan Baldems Mennicken (1577\u20131613) continued the work of Jan Emens within his workshop and was henceforth regarded as the leading master and finest exponent of the fully mature late style of Raeren.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Otto von Falke, Das Rheinische Steinzeug, Berlin 1908, Volume 2, pp. 6 ff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00f6pfereimuseum Raeren<\/a> Documentation of Arms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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WILHELMS: VAN NESSELRAEDVND: WILHELMA: VANSDRIDHAGEN: SINE: HOVSFROW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arms of Wilhelm von Nesselrode und Wilhelma von Strithagen seine Hausfrau
Allianzwappen des Wilhelm von Nesselrode zu Munts und Wilhelma von Strithagen, seine eheliche Hausfrau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MENNICKEN, Ralph. Sch\u00e4tze aus Raerener Erde. Katalog des Raerener Steinzeug aus dem Hetjens-Museum Deutsches Keramikmuseum D\u00fcsseldorf<\/em>, 2009. Page 151<\/p>\n\n\n\n

link to online documentation of Wappen 0183 T\u00f6pfereimuseum Raeren <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>T\u00f6pfereimuseum Raeren :: Decorations on Raeren stoneware<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Raeren Armorial Stoneware Jug dated 1614<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Raeren Stoneware Jug dated 1614, incised, stamped and applied moulded decoration workshop Jan Baldems Mennicken,H. 20 cm
Coat of arms: Heinrich Stravius, canon at St. Lambert in Li\u00e8ge 1607-1626, Kohnemann, p. 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wooden stamps were used to imprint floral scrolls on the objects surface.
A very particular and recognizable style that enhances the grey stoneware colour through the cobalt glaze.
The workshop of of Jan Baldems Mennicken (Pottery maker 1577\u20131613)
brought this iconic design into the 17th century. (See Museum attributions below)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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T\u00f6pfereimuseum Raeren Wappen 0042<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wappen mit drei Jakobsmuscheln
Heinrich Stravius (?) Kanoniker an St. Lambert in L\u00fcttich 1607-1626, wird 1612 und 1626 als Kanonikus der Aachener M\u00fcnsterkirche genannt, war apostolischer Protonotar und vertrat 1612 das Aachener Domkapitel bei der Kr\u00f6nung des Kaisers Mathias 1614<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00f6pfereimuseum Raeren :: Decorations on Raeren stoneware<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rhenish Stoneware centers of the 16th and 17th century<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Raeren\u2019s golden age beginning with the second 3rd of the 16th century produced a larger diversity of vessel types than Cologne or Siegburg ever attained.
There were steins with faces, three-handled steins, funnel-necked beakers, Schnellen, Pinten (pint mugs), Pullenbottles, Bartmannkr\u00fcge, puzzle jugs, ring steins, conical pint, mugs or apothecary jars, just to name a few.
The Thirty Years\u2018 War made it difficult to continue the production. As a result the best Raeren potters emigrated to the Westerwald which had now assumed the dominant position of Stoneware production in the 17th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Fr\u00fche Steinzeugkr\u00fcge aus der Sammlung Les Paul. Early Stoneware. Steins from Les Paul Collection. Beatrix Adler. Petersberg 2007<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Museum Reference Objects:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam <\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Raeren Stoneware<\/strong> Jug<\/strong>
Jug with coat of arms and floral scrolls, anonymous, c. 1595 – c. 1625<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10934\/RM0001.COLLECT.19591<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Victoria & Albert Museum, London<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Raeren Stoneware Jug<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jug depicting the arms of Winant von Kreps of Westphalia
Workshop of Jan Baldems Mennicken, Raeren, Germany ca.1600 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoneware with incised, stamped and applied moulded decoration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/collections.vam.ac.uk\/item\/O161032\/jug-mennicken-jan-baldems\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Victoria and Albert Museum, London<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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