Painted Floral Whiteware Saucer

Two body and rim sherds from a whiteware saucer with a painted green and red floral motif in chrome colors that became common after 1830. These sherds show evidence of burning, which might suggest a kitchen stove-related mishap or perhaps that they were a causality of NYC's Great Fire of 1835. The Pearl Street Hotel, where these sherds were excavated from within a cistern, did sustain fire damage at that time and was rebuilt afterwards. For much of the 19th century, painted wares were the most popular decoration on teawares, a category to which saucers belong.

• Object number

  1136.37, 1176.14

• Date made

  1830 - 1860

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Chrome Colors

• Animals/objects

  Saucer

• Patterns

  Floral

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Grayish, Yellowish and Rust Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1176)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded

  Burned