Shell Edge Pearlware Rim Sherd

Lightly stained shell edged pearlware rim sherd with underglaze painted blue shell edge decoration on interior only. Sherd is fairly straight-sided and is possibly a rim from a cup, ladle, salt, pickle dish or possibly a small dish from an epergne. The shell edged decoration is painted only and is not impressed or scalloped. Rim measures to approximately 3.5 inches in diameter and flares out slightly.

• Object number

  279.424

• Date made

  1780 - 1895

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Ware types

  Pearlware