Painted Dutch Majolica Base Sherd

One Dutch majolica base sherd fragment with a dark buff body and a colorless lead glaze on its exterior surface. The face is coated with a white tin glaze with a cobalt (blue) painted decoration, most likely part of a floral pattern. The sherd is likely part of a charger or plate.

• Object number

  330.3

• Date made

  1625 - 1675

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 14 North, Overburden (624.330)

• Forms

  Base

• Ware types

  Majolica, Dutch

  Buff Paste