Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Rim and Body Sherd

One pearlware bowl rim and body sherd. The exterior surface is decorated with an underglaze floral design in polychrome colors, including green and brown. There also is a brown line below the exterior rim. The bowl diameter is approximately 5 1/2 inches. There is some discoloration on the glaze and paste, which may be from burning or a privy. Possibly burned during the Great Fire of 1835 in New York City.

• Object number

  230.29

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Diameter 5.5 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Polychrome

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Bowl

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Floor #3 (624.230)

• Forms

  Body

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded

  Burned