Westerwald stoneware mug with A(nna) (R)egina motif and floral decoration from Wickham Glebe.

Stoneware mug

18th century

Found during excavations by Winchester Museums Service Archaeology Section in a field just east of Wickham Square (opposite St Nicholas Church) in the mid- to late 1970s

Made in the Westerwald area of Germany and found in the backfill of a cess pit on the site of Wickham Manor House, this stoneware mug is decorated with flowing foliage motifs and bears the medallion AR, for Anna Regina, Queen Anne (1702-1714). Westerwald stoneware was exported all over the world and was particularly popular in England and North America. Stonewares with simple blue motifs are still produced today in the same area, and can be found for sale in German supermarkets.