Floral Knob.

Knob with trace of attached vessel; two and one half of four petals missing.

High, solid stem with handmade flower at top, square molding at bottom. Small cup at center of cushion with twelve radiating grooves, to which are attached four petals, also with grooves. Flower is reserved, with traces of glaze on central cup and of rust-red pigment (miltos?) on petals and cushion. Vessel concave and glazed underneath.

Shiny black glaze.

Cf. CVA, Kassel 2 [Germany 38], pl. 85 [1885].