Shell Edge Rococo Pearlware Platter Body and Rim Sherd

Three mended pearlware body and rim sherds from a platter, serving vessel or soup plate decorated with a scalloped and Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. 

• Object number

  311.1, 311.9, 311.3

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Scalloped edge

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Platter

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Deposit Under Floor #3 (624.311)

• Forms

  Body

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded