Painted American Salt-Glazed Stoneware Body Sherd

One gray bodied American salt glazed stoneware body sherd from a hollowware vessel. The interior surface is coated with a brown Albany slip. There is a faint trace of a cobalt (blue) painted decoration applied underneath on a glaze on the exterior surface.

• Object number

  224.2

• Date made

  19th Century

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 28, Between Floors #2 and #3 (624.224)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed

  Stoneware, North American

• Techniques

  Wheel turned