Shell Edge Pearlware Platter Body and Rim Sherd

One pearlware platter body and rim sherd with a scalloped and blue underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface.

• Object number

  130.79

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• 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: Brown Sandy Silt in Feature (Strata 7c-7f) (624.130)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded