Creamware Basin

(1762 - 1820)

One partial creamware chamber basin or bowl with a small, curled rim. There is some discoloration on the glaze and paste, which may be from burning or the privy deposition. Consists of five mended sherds and twelve sherds that mend but are not mended to the vessel. The rim diameter is approximately 8 1/2 inches. The base has an 18th-century style footring.

  • Object number

    256.1, 256.103, 256.63, 256.66, 256.159, 256.46, 256.20, 256.196, 256.190, 256.69, 256.141, 256.31, 256.185, 256.173, 256.81, 256.197, 261.127, 261.104

  • Date made

    1762 - 1820

  • Dimensions

    Rim Diameter 8.5 inches

    Base Diameter 4.25 inches

    Height 3.5 inches

  • Animals/objects

    Basin

  • Category

    Household

  • Class

    Ceramic

  • Functions

    Sanitary

  • Material

    Refined Earthenware

  • Context

    Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 1 West Side (624.256)

  • Forms

    Base/Body/Rim

  • Ware types

    Creamware

  • Techniques

    Press Molded

    Burned

7 Hanover Square

Manhattan, 7 Hanover Square

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