Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl

One mended pearlware bowl consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds with a polychrome design. The interior rim is decorated with an underglaze painted motif featuring two orange lines bordering a partial flower or sun, green leaves, and a hatched blue band. There is a red flower decoration in the center of a bowl and a similar design around the exterior. A brown line is painted along the exterior rim. This is an example of pearlware design #81. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 7.5 cm., the rim diameter is 17 cm., and the height is 6.5 cm.

• Object number

  507, 516

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 7.5 cm

  Height 6.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 17 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Red

  Yellow

  Green

  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) (624.516)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded