Painted Salt-Glazed Stoneware Body/Rim Sherd

One thin gray-bodied salt glazed stoneware rim sherd. The sherd has a bulbous body with flared rim and is possibly a small-mouthed jar or similar type of vessel. There is salt glaze on both the interior and exterior. The exterior has a painted cobalt blue large scale decoration. The sherd is lightly burned. The rim measures to 5 inches in diameter.

• Object number

  261.121

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 5 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 2 West Side (624.261)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed