Shell Edge Pearlware Rim Sherd

One pearlware plate or platter rim sherd decorated with a scalloped and blue underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. There is some discoloration and iron concretions on the glaze and paste.

• Object number

  1103.42

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

  Platter

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Soil Between Burned Floor and Ceramic Deposit (624.1103)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded