Finished digging the pit, mug is 95% yes!

[crabstang44]

Found all I could of the mug, and it's pretty complete, including the numbered piece. A number 6. Also this bottle found in the neuse river, i researched the old bottle and its a mid 1800s ink bottle

 

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[RelicHunter97]

Wow, those are awesome! I've never seen a mug like that!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Huge congratulations. An early Westerwald mug like that is a dream find of mine. Great job gathering all the pieces and getting it back together.

 

[kingskid1611]

Looks like a really nice shaving mug....that took some time to do. I love the bottle

 

[trapperart]

Nice job congrats

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FINDS :..​

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on the Mug.
I really like the bottle.
Congrats

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Man you just about got the whole thing - nice going! BTW - that "6" is the capacity mark and represents one pint. I love that checkerboard pattern, and although I've found many pieces to those, never dug anywhere near enough to do a reconstruction. I love those huge master inks too and have a couple I dug at mid-to-late 1800s sites. They're a very nice display piece.

 

[Primus Palus]

That's some serious dedication for a mug. Nice find. If I'd only found a piece I probably wouldn't have kept looking for more let alone piece it back together.

 

[btjbtj]

OMG! So incredible. Thanks for sharing, and congrats. -Lisa & John

 

[Westfront]

Very nice mug! To get it complete is so cool. Although that gives me something to pore over. Can't find a match with checkerboard design. Rhombic decoration is common. The rim on these mugs is usually more tapered. On this here it's almost straight up. Anyways, i'm far from a pottery expert so i just enjoy looking at this find! Bottle is cool too!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Here is a similar one. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/early-westerwald-saltglazed-german-1795974654 I'm not sure how accurate that info is on that site... appears the source is ebay so who knows if that description is right.



I know I had seen another very similar one in the last 6 months or so, but I cant seem to find it anywhere anymore.

EDIT: I just remembered the other one I had recently seen, and it had a GR monogram on it... so it was a similar checker pattern, but diff mug.

 

[gwdigger]

Congrats. Thats a magnificent display item.

 

[crabstang44]

Here is a similar one. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/early-westerwald-saltglazed-german-1795974654 I'm not sure how accurate that info is on that site... appears the source is ebay so who knows if that description is right.

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I know I had seen another very similar one in the last 6 months or so, but I cant seem to find it anywhere anymore.

EDIT: I just remembered the other one I had recently seen, and it had a GR monogram on it... so it was a similar checker pattern, but diff mug.

wow, thats pretty darn close

 

[crabstang44]

That's some serious dedication for a mug. Nice find. If I'd only found a piece I probably wouldn't have kept looking for more let alone piece it back together.

yes dug through that pit in 90f 5 different times for a total of 6-7 hours, the wife and kids helped me too though, tons of oyster shells, bones, teeth, about 5 different smoking pipe bowls and pieces, and this mug, it was worth it though, specially when my kids were pulling out pipe stems

 

[crabstang44]

Man you just about got the whole thing - nice going! BTW - that "6" is the capacity mark and represents one pint. I love that checkerboard pattern, and although I've found many pieces to those, never dug anywhere near enough to do a reconstruction. I love those huge master inks too and have a couple I dug at mid-to-late 1800s sites. They're a very nice display piece.

thanks for the info, the 6 is wierd looking

 

[Westfront]

Here is a similar one. I just remembered the other one I had recently seen, and it had a GR monogram on it... so it was a similar checker pattern, but diff mug.

Perfect match with the one found! Still difficult to find a match here. I ask myself if these were mainy made for export? It's the typical low iron clay of Westerwald ware witht a very basic pattern compared to others of this timeframe. If so it adds to the historical value of the mug.
I have to add: The scratched lines into the clay to border the cobalt blue fields was introduced by the end of 17th.C. so the date on the jug in the link may be right.

 

[DownNDirty]

Great job finding most of the rest of it-I would be tempted to call that one whole. Nice pottery ink bottle too

 

[Scrappy]

Wow that's a beautiful reconstruction Crabby. Super find!

 

[crabstang44]

Perfect match with the one found! Still difficult to find a match here. I ask myself if these were mainy made for export? It's the typical low iron clay of Westerwald ware witht a very basic pattern compared to others of this timeframe. If so it adds to the historical value of the mug.
I have to add: The scratched lines into the clay to border the cobalt blue fields was introduced by the end of 17th.C. so the date on the jug in the link may be right.

glad you noticed the scratched lines, i thought looked wierd, i think i got it figured out how it came to be,
Couple of colonial fellows dug a hole, started a fire, were cooking some bear, boar, and cow, got out the smoking pipes, got out the mugs poured some beer, ate, drank, smoked, had a great time, got a little drunk and and tripped spilt his beer, got pissed and threw the mug into the fire, shattering it, finished smoking, threw those in the pit, and passed out