Shell Edge Pearlware Platter Base, Body, and Rim Sherds

Five pearlware base, body, and rim sherds from an oval-shaped flatware vessel, likely a platter. The rims are scalloped and decorated with a blue underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface.

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• 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

• Forms

  Body/Rim

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded