Shell Edge Pearlware Body and Rim Sherd

One mended pearlware body and rim sherd from a platter or bowl. The rim is scalloped and decorated with a green underglaze painted Rococo-inspired molded shell edge on the interior surface. The green glaze extends over the top of the rim to the back of the sherd. The rim diameter is approximately 27 cm.

• Object number

  109.15, 109.27, 109.57, 109.92

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 27 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Platter

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• 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

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded