Shell Edge Pearlware Platter Base, Body, and Rim Sherd

One pearlware platter rim, body, and base sherd with a footring. There is a scalloped and blue underglaze painted neoclassically-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. The blue glaze also is present along the top of the rim. The rim diameter is approximately 20 cm.

• Object number

  86.12, 109.35, 109.47, 109.109

• Date made

  1800 - ca. 1830s

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 20 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 Below Top of Feature (Strata 9, 10, 11) (624.109)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded