Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tile Sherd

One dark buff bodied tin-glazed refined earthenware tile sherd with blue painted decoration over white glaze on one surface. The central pattern is surrounded by a blue double concentric circle. The central motif is a possible landscape pattern painted in blue. The tile fragment has one straight edge. The sherd is burned.

• Object number

  63.8

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Thickness 0.31 inches

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Tile

• Patterns

  Landscape

• Category

  Architectural

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F: Rubble from Verplanck House (624.63)

• Ware types

  Tin Glazed

  Buff Paste

• Techniques

  Burned