Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds. The interior surface is decorated with a polychrome underglaze painted floral design featuring a double brown line below the interior rim and a brown flower with orange dots in the middle of the bowl. A second double brown line and a blue geometric border with a dotted, wavy orange line surrounds the center flower decoration. This is an example of pearlware design #1. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 7.5 cm., the rim diameter is 13 cm., and the height is 3 cm.

• Object number

  783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 7.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 13 cm

  Height 3 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Cobalt Blue

  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) (624.783)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded