Painted Salt-Glazed Stoneware Body and Rim Sherd

One large salt glazed stoneware body and rim sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a storage jar or crock with a brown body. A broken horizontal handle attachment is visible on the exterior surface. There is a reddish brown slip and clear glaze on the interior surface and a brown salt glazed exterior. A cobalt (blue) painted design decorates the exterior body underneath a clear glaze. Possibly burnt. The rim diameter is approximately 25 cm.

• Object number

  1176.13

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 25 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Crock

  Jar

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Grayish, Yellowish and Rust Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1176)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

  Handle

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed

• Techniques

  Wheel turned

  Burned