Tin-Glazed Ointment Pot

Approximately 1/5 of a tin-glazed ointment pot consisting of base, body and rim sherds with no visible decoration and a thick blue-tinted tin glaze on both surfaces. The ointment pot has a flared foot and a bulbous body. The rim is thick and slightly flared. The vessel consists of three mended sherds and two sherds that do not mend but are most likely from the same vessel.

• Object number

  39.308, 39.305, 39.304, 39.314, 39.312

• Date made

  1690 - 1780

• Animals/objects

  Pot, Ointment

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Sanitary

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Possible Redeposited Domestic Midden, South Portion (624.39)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed