French Faience Rouge Pot

One extremely burnt and almost complete tin-glazed ointment/rouge pot. The exterior is heavily encrusted with cementitious material likely adhered from the fire damage. The body has varying colors of glaze ranging from pale green to dark brown. The ointment pot has a thick solid base and a subtle everted rim. It is most likely French in origin. The interior depth of the vessel is rather shallow and would not have held much product. This artifact was originally identified as a crucible but is likely a rouge pot as there are multiple fragments from neighboring proveniences, all burned and from fire contexts.

• Object number

  1045.15

• Date made

  18th to 19th Century

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 1.73 inches

  Height 1.87 inches

  Rim Diameter 1.89 inches

• Color

  Green

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Pot, Ointment

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Sanitary

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Test Cut D, Wall Extension Cleaning (624.1045)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed

• Techniques

  Burned