Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Body and Rim Sherd

One pearlware bowl body and rim sherd. There is a cobalt blue underglaze painted design on the exterior surface depicting a Chinoiserie landscape. A geometric motif runs along the exterior rim. There is a broken horizontal handle attachment on the body.

• Object number

  130.54

• Date made

  ca. 1775 - ca. 1810

• 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

  Handle

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded