Handelsgut oder Souvenir – Siegburger Steinzeug in Süddeutschland und den Alpenländern im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert

Abstract

From the Middle Ages to the Modern Period, stoneware from Siegburg was a product which was distributed in large numbers first of all in the Hanse region and mostly by merchants. Towards the South, it was sold partly by the Siegburg potters‘ guild, partly by franchised dealers who supplied trade fairs and fairs in Worms, Speyer and especially Frankfurt am Main. From these places it was further disposed regionally. Single vessels, particularly funnel-necked beakers, made their way up to the Alpine region, Austria, the Czechia with Bohemia and Moravia, as well as Hungary. Presumably, these vessels were neither packing material nor representative objects, but were bought at fairs in order to serve as personal drinking vessels on the way home.