Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Base Sherd

One mended pearlware bowl base with a footring. The face is decorated with a polychrome underglaze painted design featuring three large blue, orange, and yellow flowers with multi-colored leaves and brown stems. This is an example of pearlware design #82. The base diameter is approximately 12 cm.

• Object number

  507

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 12 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Brown

  Polychrome

  Orange

  Yellow

  Cobalt Blue

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Soil Between Burned Floor and Ceramic Deposit (624.507)

• Forms

  Footring

  Base

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded