Engine-Turned Checkerboard Dipped Pearlware Rim Sherd

One dipped (annular) pearlware rim sherd with a solid speckled brown and dark brown colored slip field on the exterior. Above the slip field, the sherd has an engine-turned checkerboard decoration in white and black.

• Object number

  883.17

• Date made

  1775 - 1860

• Decoration

  Dipped

  Engine-Turned

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Banded

  Checkerboard

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Clay Surrounding Exterior of Wooden Box (624.883)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded