Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Rim and Body Sherd

One pearlware bowl rim and body sherd. The interior surface of the rim is decorated with a polychrome underglaze painted design featuring a yellow band outlined in brown along the rim. The exterior surface is decorated with an elaborate floral motif featuring blue and red/orange flowers, brown stems, and green leaves. This is an example of pearlware design #43. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 15.5 cm.

• Object number

  783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 15.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Brown

  Green

  Polychrome

  Yellow

  Blue

  Red/Orange

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded