Painted Salt-Glazed Stoneware Body Sherd

One gray bodied salt glazed stoneware body sherd from a large hollowware vessel, likely a storage jug or jar. There is a brown slip on the interior surface. The exterior has traces of an underglaze painted cobalt (blue) decoration.

• Object number

  139.5

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Jug

  Jar

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut G Cistern: Brown Sandy Silt in Feature (Strata 7c-7f) (624.139)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed

• Techniques

  Wheel turned