Lecture by Dr. Barbara Bong, Raeren Pottery Museum VOG

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 6 p.m.

The East Belgian municipality of Raeren was an important center of stoneware production from the 13th to the 19th century. Like the rest of the Rhenish stoneware, the Raeren vessels were also sold as sought-after export goods via long trade routes to numerous countries.

While Raeren stoneware was initially known for its brown coloring, a new variant appeared towards the end of the 16th century: grey stoneware with blue cobalt painting, which is sometimes confusingly similar to the Westerwald products.

The lecture sheds light on the relationship between the two production sites using the gray-blue exhibits from the collection of the Raeren Pottery Museum - an exciting field of research that still leaves many questions unanswered today.