Underglaze Painted "Peafowl" Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds. The interior surface is decorated with a blue underglaze painted wavy band in a drapery design along the interior rim and a thinner line around the face. There is a central polychrome decoration featuring a peahen sitting on a branch surrounded by leaves, flowers, and geometric shapes. The decoration colors primarily consist of yellow, orange, brown, green, and blue. There is a brown painter's mark on the interior face of the footring. This is an example of pearlware design #62. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 9.5 cm., the rim diameter is 17 cm., and the height is 3.5 cm.

• Object number

  516, 783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 9.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 17 cm

  Height 3.5 cm

• Decoration

  Painter's mark

  Painted, Underglaze

• Color

  Blue

  Yellow

  Brown

  Green

  Polychrome

  Orange

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

• Patterns

  Peafowl

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.516)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded