Shell Edge Pearlware Platter

One partial, oval-shaped pearlware platter comprised of mended rim, body, and base sherds. The rim is scalloped and decorated with a blue non-impressed shell edge, which is underglaze painted on the interior surface.

• Object number

  1196

• Date made

  ca. 1860s - ca. 1890s

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Platter

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.1196)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded