Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Body and Rim Sherd

One mended pearlware bowl body and rim sherd. There is a floral cobalt blue underglaze painted design on the exterior surface depicting a Chinoiserie landscape with birds. A geometric motif runs along the interior rim. The rim diameter is approximately 16 cm.

• Object number

  130.28, 130.57

• Date made

  ca. 1775 - ca. 1810

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 16 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• 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