Overglaze Printed Creamware Body Sherd

One mended creamware body sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a pitcher or tankard. On the exterior surface there is a red overglaze bat transfer printed decoration, possibly part of a ship or nautical scene.

• Object number

  1103.36, 1196

• Date made

  ca. 1760 - ca. 1780

• Decoration

  Printed

  Overglaze

• Color

  Red

• Animals/objects

  Tankard

  Hollowware

  Pitcher

• 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

  Body

• Ware types

  Creamware

• Techniques

  Press Molded