Featured signed Majolica?? pottery hand made ewer

This ewer is in aesthetic style and appears to be signed/initialed and dated 1881 and I'm curious for some thoughts on it. It's 17" tall and about 8.5" wide and a few inches deep. The spout has the head of a gryphon(?) with a ring in the beak. Each side of the body has a different incised design. It has the look and feel of majolica but is glazed in monochromatic gloss blue. I'm stumped and can't find anything remotely similar in searches.

 

I'm finding a similar shaped ewer under "German Westerwald Ewer", but none quite like yours and the glaze looks different.

I know diddly about pottery though. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along to offer you some ideas.

 

You're right. While it's definitely not Westerwald, it has similar stylings to that and could very well be German/Austrian in origin.

 

it's very nice....

 

I don't think it's majolica. That blue wash glaze struck me as being similar to the glaze used on the cloak of the Madonna figurine in this post:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/im-back-need-more-info-of-course.26926/

 

It's gorgeous!

 

Might well be English, those aren't European figure ones and the head is a bit like MArtinware. Glaze is also common on late 19th C Doulton and Minton. There's a very good British Studio Pottery page on Facebook, try it there.

 

Thanks! Will do.

 

J A Wold, 1881?