Funnel neck mug
A funnel neck beaker is a late Gothic type of vessel made of stoneware , which was mainly manufactured in the Rhenish pottery centers between the 14th and 17th centuries and was widespread throughout Europe.
Funnel neck cups are drinking vessels with an egg-shaped belly, conical neck and a funnel-shaped, wide rim. The stand ring is attached in the form of a wave base . The wave base remained on this drinking cup until the middle of the 16th century and was then replaced by a baroque twisted base with a profile. However, some Siegburg pottery workshops continue to use the wave base with the later forms of the funnel neck cups.
From this basic shape, jugs (funnel neck jugs) were also made, which then attached a ring-shaped ribbon handle to the shoulder. A special form of the funnel neck cups are fall cups produced in Siegburg . The stand is missing in this type of vessel. The bottom is pointed so that this cup could only be placed with the opening facing down when completely emptied.
The first funnel neck beakers were developed in Siegburg in the 2nd half of the 14th century and were characteristic of Siegburg stoneware . The early cups produced in Siegburg had a red-flamed surface and were decorated with three small round medallions on the shoulder. From the 15th century the flamed surface changes to a pure white-gray. The editions are growing and mostly show biblical scenes or floral ornaments. In the middle of the 16th century, handcrafted, high-quality funnel neck mugs and jugs were created in the workshop of Anno Knütgen . In some cases, vessels were created whose walls were pierced with Gothic tracery . In order to be able to use these vessels, they were provided with an insert.
From the 16th century this vessel shape was also adopted in other Rhenish pottery centers such as Raeren , Speicher , Frechen or Langerwehe . After the Siegburg potters emigrated to Troisdorf-Altenrath and the Kannenbäckerland around 1600 , this vessel shape was still produced there until the end of the 17th century. The cobalt blue typical of the Westerwald stoneware then dominated here .
literature
- Gisela Reineking von Bock: stoneware. Decorative Arts Museum of the City of Cologne. Cologne 1986. p. 100.