Underglaze Painted Pearlware Teacup Rim Sherd

One mended pearlware rim sherd from a teacup with a polychrome decoration. On the interior surface, there is brown underglaze painted line around the rim. On the exterior surface, there is a design inside two parallel brown lines featuring brown ribbons, brown flowers with blue centers, and regularly spaced blue tassels. This is an example of pearlware design #24. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is 8.5 cm.

• Object number

  542, 783

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 8.5 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Teacup

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Soil Between Burned Floor and Ceramic Deposit (624.542)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded