Blue Bennington
German Stoneware · Late 19th to Early 20th Century 1870-1920
Identification summary
Large opaque blue salt-glazed pottery shooter with mottled white and tan glaze wear exposing clay body.
Visible record
- Maker candidate
- German Stoneware
- Era
- Late 19th to Early 20th Century 1870-1920
- Pattern
- Mottled salt-glaze pottery
- Rarity assessment
- Uncommon
- Condition assessment
- Good
- Size
- Large Shooter approx 25-30mm estimated from hand scale
- Material
- Salt-glazed stoneware clay
Why this candidate
Opaque cobalt-blue salt-glazed stoneware with mottled white spotting and tan clay showing through glaze wear is textbook for blue Bennington. Large shooter size in hand, matte-gloss finish, no glass transparency or pontil, and uneven glaze loss match 19th-century German stoneware.