Underglaze Painted Pearlware Saucer

One mended pearlware saucer consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds with a polychrome decoration. On the interior surface, there is a stylized new-classical underglaze painted design featuring ornate brown tassels connected by a wavy dotted line. The interior rim is decorated with a solid brown line above a yellow band outlined in brown with a brown geometric pattern running through the center. There is a circle with a dot in the center of the interior face of the bowl. This is an example of pearlware design #61. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The base diameter is approximately 8 cm, the rim diameter is 13.5 cm, and the height is 3 cm.

• Object number

  783, 1196

• Date made

  ca. 1795 - ca. 1815

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 7.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 13.5 cm

  Height 3 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Yellow

  Brown

  Polychrome

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Footring

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded