Overglaze Enamel Painted Shell Edge Creamware Plate Rim Sherd

Burnt and privy-discolored overglaze painted scalloped shell edged creamware plate rim sherd. Color of shell edge is possibly brown, although coloring may be distorted due to discoloration from privy. Rim measures to 1.08 inches in width.

• Object number

  279.515

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Molded

  Painted overglaze

• Color

  Indeterminate

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

  Scalloped

• 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/Rim

• Ware types

  Creamware