Shell Edge Pearlware Body and Rim Sherd

One pearlware body and rim sherd from a flatware vessel such as a plate or platter. The rim is scalloped and decorated with a green non-impressed shell edge, which is underglaze painted on the interior surface.

• Object number

  1103.7

• Date made

  ca. 1860s - ca. 1890s

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Platter

  Plate

• 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

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded