And foolish young virgins, pale gray stoneware, salt-glazed. Decorated with applied cobalt blue and manganese violet paint. In the center, a frieze with the wise and foolish virgins and a crowned couple under arcade arches, according to the parable told by Jesus (Matthew 25:1-13), inscribed and undecipherable date 1660 (?); above and below each a frieze of angel heads. Pewter lid with palmette thumbpiece, intact; height 17.8 cm. A German Westerwald pewter-lidded, salt-glazed, blue and manganese painted stoneware tankard with decor of Wise and Foolish Virgins. Westerwald. 2nd half 17th century.
