Shell Edge Pearlware Platter Base, Body, and Rim Sherd

One mended pearlware base, body, and rim sherd from a flatware vessel such as a platter. 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. The rim diameter is approximately 29 cm.

• Object number

  96.71, 139.3

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 29 cm

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Scalloped edge

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

  Platter

• 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) (624.139)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded