Underglaze Painted Pearlware Bowl Base/Body Sherd

A discolored pearlware bowl with underglaze painted brown dots in a swag pattern on exterior body. The body has a rounded common-shape form. It has a tall, 18th-century style wedge footring with visible usewear. The body is heavily discolored but is most likely pearlware due to the brown painted design. The footring is about 3 inches in diameter. Consists of two mended sherds and one sherd that mends but is not mended to vessel.

• Object number

  279.276, 279.277, 279.376

• Date made

  1795 - 1830

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Bowl

• Patterns

  Dot

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Pearlware