Molded Creamware Base/Body Sherd

One mended pedestaled foot, likely from a large molded creamware bowl. The sherds are thick bodied and heavily burnt. A similar form was identified as a salad bowl (Tableware #41) in The Whitehead Catalogue 1798. The complete vessel would have been 8 to 10 inches in diameter. The foot measures to 9 inches in diameter and has heavy wear along the edge of the foot. Consists of two mended sherds. The sherds are most likely fragments from a vessel in the neighboring context.

• Object number

  279.422, 279.499

• Date made

  1762 - 1820

• Dimensions

  Foot Diameter 9 inches

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Bowl

• Patterns

  Other (see comments)

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Levels 1 and 2 East Side (624.279)

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Creamware

• Techniques

  Burned

  Press Molded