Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer Base and Body Sherd

(ca. 1795 - ca. 1815)

One mended pearlware saucer body and base sherd with a footring and a polychrome decoration. The interior surface is decorated with a blue flower with green leaves and a yellow stem on the face of the bowl surrounded by green leaves and a blue line. There is a yellow painter's mark on the exterior surface of the base. This is an example of pearlware design #27. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 6 cm.

7 Hanover Square

Manhattan, 7 Hanover Square

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