Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds. The interior surface is decorated with a double brown line below the interior rim with yellow leaves and polychrome underglaze painted floral designs featuring blue and yellow flowers and green leaves. The decoration colors primarily consist of yellow, brown, green, and blue. This is an example of pearlware design #30. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 9.5 cm., the rim diameter is 16 cm., and the height is 4 cm.

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 9.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 16 cm

  Height 4 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Yellow

  Brown

  Green

  Polychrome

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded