Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer comprised of rim, body, and base sherds with a footring and polychrome decoration. On the interior surface, there is a design inside two parallel brown lines featuring brown ribbons, brown flowers with blue centers, and regularly spaced blue tassels. A blue and brown geometric design is in the center of the interior face of the saucer. There is a blue painter's mark on the interior surface of the footring. This is an example of pearlware design #24. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 13 cm., the base diameter is 8.5 cm., and the height is 3 cm.

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 13 cm

  Base Diameter 8.5 cm

  Height 3 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Painter's mark

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Saucer

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded