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 underglaze painted Neoclassically-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface.

• Object number

  1108

• Date made

  1800 - ca. 1830s

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Plate

  Platter

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Disturbed Ceramic Deposit, West Portion (Dark Brown Silty Sand with Rocks) (624.1108)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded