Shell Edge Whiteware Plate Rim Sherd

One thick-bodied whiteware rim sherd with a blue underglaze painted shell edge pattern. The rim has impressed straight lines and a gently scalloped rim. The sherd is too small to obtain an accurate rim diameter measurement.

• Object number

  1029.3

• Date made

  1815 - 1870

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Molded Pattern

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Shell-Edge Rim

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Test Cut W, Wall Cleaning (624.1029)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded