Shell Edge Creamware Body and Rim Sherd

One creamware body and rim sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a vase or pitcher. There is a manganese (purple) overglaze enamel painted non-impressed shell edge decoration along the exterior rim as well as traces of a red enamel decoration on the body. The rim diameter is approximately 9 cm.

• Object number

  216.1

• Date made

  ca. 1775 - ca. 1825

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 9 cm

• Decoration

  Overglaze Enamel Painted

• Color

  Purple

  Red

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Pitcher

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut G: Wall Cleaning (624.216)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Creamware

• Techniques

  Press Molded