Sprigged and Painted Pearlware Rim and Body Sherd

(1775 - 1830)

One pearlware rim and body sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a tankard or a bowl. The exterior surface has a molded cordoned decoration and two sprigged ribbon decorations colored with a dark blue glaze. May be part of the same vessel as sherd 249.66 There are slight traces of this blue glaze on the interior surface and some discoloration on the glaze and paste, which may be from burning or a privy.

7 Hanover Square

Manhattan, 7 Hanover Square

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