Shell Edge Pearlware Plate Body and Rim Sherd

One plate body and rim sherd decorated with a scalloped and Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. Likely pearlware, but difficult to tell as the plate is very burnt. May be associated with the Great Fire of 1835 in New York City.

• Object number

  207.2

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Scalloped edge

• Animals/objects

  Plate

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Floor #2 (624.207)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded

  Burned