Fluted and Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds with a polychrome design. The interior surface is fluted and decorated with a yellow underglaze painted band outlined in brown below the interior, slightly scalloped rim. Single and clusters of red/orange and blue flowers with brown stems and green leaves are scattered around the face of the bowl. There is a brown painter's mark on the exterior surface of the base. This is an example of pearlware design #43. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 8.5 cm., the rim diameter is 13.5 cm., and the height is 3 cm.

• Object number

  1196

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 8.5 cm

  Height 3 cm

  Rim Diameter 13.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Painter's mark

  Fluted

  Scalloped rim

• Color

  Blue

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Yellow

  Green

  Red/Orange

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.1196)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded