Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Rim Sherds

Two mended pearlware rim sherds from a bowl, which mend with each other but are not currently joined. The exterior is decorated with a polychrome underglaze painted design featuring a dotted blue line and a brown and orange geometric motif. Two brown lines border this decoration. There also is a brown line painted below the interior rim. This is an example of pearlware design #3. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 18.5 cm.

• Object number

  783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 18.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Brown

  Orange

  Polychrome

• 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

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded