Shell Edge Pearlware Platter

One mended pearlware platter comprised of base, body, and rim sherds. Oval in shape. The scalloped rim is decorated with a non-impressed underglaze painted blue shell edge. There are traces of blue glaze on the underside of the vessel.

• Object number

  1196

• Date made

  ca. 1860s - ca. 1890s

• Decoration

  Scalloped edge

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.1196)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded