Underglaze Painted Pearlware Teacup

One mended pearlware teacup comprised of rim and body sherds with a polychrome decoration. There is a single brown underglaze painted line along the exterior rim as well as a garland design with green leaves and blue flower buds on a brown vine. This is an example of pearlware design #40. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 8.5 cm.

• Object number

  507, 1196

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 8.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Blue

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Teacup

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded