Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tile Sherd

Three lightly burned and encrusted tin-glazed refined earthenware tile sherds with blue painted decoration over white glaze on one surface. The sherds have a light yellow colored body. The central painted pattern cannot be determined but is encircled in a double concentric circle. All sherds mend but are not mended/glued.

• Object number

  71.14, 71.15, 71.7

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Thickness 0.31 inches

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Tile

• Category

  Architectural

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F: Rubble from Van Vleck House (624.71)

• Ware types

  Tin-Glazed

• Techniques

  Burned