Ribbed Creamware Chamber Pot Body and Rim Sherd

One creamware body sherd with a curled rim, likely from a chamber pot or other kind of pot or bowl. There is some discoloration on the glaze and paste, which may be from burning or a privy. The exterior surface of the body is decorated with lathe turned barrel ribs. May be part of the same vessel as sherds 256.151, 311.6, 210.76, 230.62, 230.70, 230.26, 230.47, 230.43, 230.54, 230.4, and 230.14. Possibly burned during the Great Fire of 1835 in New York City.

• Object number

  230.21

• Date made

  1762 - 1820

• Decoration

  Ribbed

• Animals/objects

  Chamber Pot

  Bowl

  Pot

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Sanitary

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Floor #3 (624.230)

• Forms

  Body

  Rim

• Ware types

  Creamware

• Techniques

  Press Molded

  Burned