Five body, rim and base sherds from a large pearlware serving bowl. The bowl has a blue underglaze painted and scalloped rim with shell edge decoration on the interior. The body has shallow fluting. Some of the sherds are lightly burned. The base has a large 18th-century wedge-shaped footring. The rim diameter is approximately 8 to 10 inches. This vessel consists of five mended sherds and is cross-mended between contexts.
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Object number
261.12, 261.52, 256.44, 256.36, 256.210
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Date made
1775 - 1820
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Dimensions
Foot Diameter 5 inches
Height 2.25 inches
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Decoration
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Color
Blue
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Animals/objects
Bowl
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Patterns
Shell-Edge Rim
Fluted
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Category
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Class
Ceramic
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Functions
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Material
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Context
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Forms
Base/Body/Rim
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Ware types
Pearlware
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Techniques
Press Molded