Fluted and Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Dish

Twelve base, body and rim sherds from a tin-glazed (delft) dish with a thick white glaze and a dark blue painted motif on the interior. The body is fluted and the rim has a very subtle scallop, although not much of the rim remains. The painted interior pattern has botanical elements and is possibly a variant of the birds on rock motif that is often seen in Chinese Export porcelain. The dish consists of ten sherds that mend but are not mended and one sherd that does not mend but is likely from the same vessel. 

• Object number

  895.24, 895.12, 895.19, 895.4, 895.16, 895.18, 895.6, 895.21, 895.13, 777.47, 819.114, 819.113, 790.93

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Foot Diameter 5.0 inches

• Decoration

  Painted

  Molded Pattern

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Dish

• Patterns

  Scalloped

  Bird

  Fluted

  Botanical

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 14 North, Midden Level 2 (624.895)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Tin-Glazed