Shell Edge Pearlware Platter

One mended pearlware platter comprised of base, body, and rim sherds. 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. There is an I.W maker's mark on the exterior surface of the base, possibly linking this vessel with earthenwares made ca. 1835-65, including Isaac Wilson of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire ca. 1852-1857. The "I" also may be a "J," possibly affiliating this vessel with the Staffordshire firms of James Warren, Longton (ca. 1841-53) or John Walley, Burslem (ca. 1850-1867). However, many other firms also used these initials during earlier and later periods.

• Object number

  96.23, 147.37, 147.44

• Date made

  ca. 1835 - ca. 1867

• 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) (624.147)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded