Shell Edge Pearlware Platter Rim Sherd

One pearlware rim sherd from an oval-shaped platter decorated with a scalloped and blue underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. The rim diameter is approximately 30 cm.

• Object number

  96.75

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 30 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Platter

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut G Cistern: Deposit Outside and Above Top of Feature (Strata 1, 3, 4, 6) (624.96)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded