Incised Banded American Salt-Glazed Stoneware Body Sherd

One burnt, gray bodied American salt glazed stoneware body sherd from a hollowware vessel. Likely burned during the Great Fire of 1835 in New York City. The interior surface is coated with a brown Albany slip. There is an incised band decoration on the exterior surface.

• Object number

  224.3

• Date made

  19th Century

• Decoration

  Incised banded

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed

  Stoneware, North American

• Techniques

  Wheel turned

  Burned