Underglaze Painted Pearlware Teacup

One mended handleless pearlware teacup consisting of rim, body, base, and footring sherds with an underglaze painted design. A cobalt blue and white dotted band runs along the interior rim and there are blue and white flowers around the exterior body. A single blue and white flower is painted on the interior surface of the base. This is an example of pearlware design #88. Additional base, body, and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 8 cm., the base diameter is 3.5 cm., and the height is 5 cm.

• Object number

  516, 783

• Date made

  ca. 1775 - ca. 1810

• Dimensions

  Height 5 cm

  Base Diameter 3.5 cm

  Rim Diameter 8 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Teacup

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.516)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded