Underglaze Painted Pearlware Body and Rim Sherd

One mended pearlware body and rim sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a bowl or jar. The exterior surface is decorated with an underglaze painted green molded shell edge around the shoulder of the vessel. The rim diameter is approximately 15 cm.

• Object number

  96.88, 130.26

• Date made

  1780 - 1895

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 15 cm

• Decoration

  Shell Edge

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

  Jar

• 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