Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds with a polychrome design. The interior surface is decorated with a brown underglaze painted line below the interior rim and a border of blue and orange flowers with yellow centers, green leaves, and blue swags/festoons. There are several clusters of blue and orange flowers with brown stems and green leaves around the face of the bowl. A brown painter's mark is present on the exterior surface of the base of the saucer. This is an example of pearlware design #7. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 9.5 cm., rim diameter is 15 cm., and the height is 4 cm.

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Height 4 cm

  Rim Diameter 15 cm

  Base Diameter 9.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Painter's mark

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Yellow

  Orange

  Blue

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded