Redware Jug Body Sherd

One high fired redware body sherd with a coarse, gritty, and hard red paste. The interior surface is coated entirely with an olive green glaze and there are some drips of this color on the exterior surface. This fragment is mended with sherds 801.2, 801.3, and 801.4. May also be part of the same vessel as sherds 893.1, 893.6, and 893.7. They comprise a hollowware vessel; possibly a jug or storage container. Some of the maker's fingerprints are visible on the exterior surface. Likely American made.

• Object number

  801.1

• Color

  Green/Ginger

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Jug

  Jar

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Landfill Deposit GS1: Greenish Gray Sandy Silt (624.801)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Redware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned