Shell Edge Pearlware Body and Rim Sherd

One pearlware body and rim sherd from a flatware vessel. The rim is scalloped and decorated with a green underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. The green glaze extends across the top of the rim.

• Object number

  130.24

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  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