Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Base Sherd

One mended pearlware bowl base with a footring. A small portion of the body is attached on one side. The face is decorated with an elaborate floral polychrome underglaze painted design featuring a large yellow flower in the center outlined in orange surrounded by blue, yellow, and orange flowers; brown stems; and green leaves. The exterior surface of the body has traces of an orange flower with green leaves. This may be a variation of pearlware design #80. Additional body and and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 12 cm.

• Object number

  507

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 12 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Yellow

  Brown

  Green

  Orange

  Polychrome

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Soil Between Burned Floor and Ceramic Deposit (624.507)

• Forms

  Footring

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded