Underglaze Painted Pearlware Teacup

One mended pearlware teacup consisting of rim, body, and base sherds with a footring and a polychrome decoration. The interior surface is decorated with a brown underglaze painted line along the interior, slightly scalloped rim, and there is an orange and brown flower in the center of the bowl. The exterior surface is fluted and features two parallel brown lines below the rim. The bottom line is unshaded. The border created by the two parallel lines is filled with half circles in blue and orange and a wavy brown vine. There is a brown painter's mark on the exterior surface of the base. This is an example of pearlware design #6. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The cup is approximately 5 cm. in height and the base diameter is 4 cm.

• Object number

  783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 4 cm

  Height 5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Painter's mark

  Scalloped rim

  Fluted

• Color

  Blue

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Orange

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Teacup

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.783)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded