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. The rim diameter is approximately 24 cm.

• Object number

  136.12, 136.15, 136.37, 147.4, 147.16

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 24 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: Brown Sandy Silt in Feature (Strata 7c-7f) (624.147)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded