Painted Pearlware Body/Rim Sherd

One pearlware body and rim sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a small bowl or cruet. May be part of a mustard pot. The exterior surface is decorated with a blue painted underglaze shell edge design below the rim and a thin blue line below the shoulder. There is some discoloration on the glaze and paste, which may be from burning or a privy.

• Object number

  256.27

• Date made

  1775 - 1830

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Shell Edge

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Body

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded

  Burned