Shell Edge Pearlware Plate

Two mending base/body/rim sherds from a small shell edge pearlware plate. The shell edge is decorated in underglaze painted blue. The base has moderate use-wear and does not have a footring. The rim is a rococo-style shell edge with impressed curved lines and unevenly scalloped rim. The plate is shallow, measuring just 0.75 inches in height, and the rim diameter is unmeasurable. Consists of two mended sherds.

• Object number

  279.257, 279.348

• Date made

  1775 - 1810

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

  Rococo

• 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

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded