Scalloped White Granite Rim Sherd

One white granite rim sherd from a flatware vessel with a scalloped rim. The exterior bears a blue printed Ridgway & Morley makers mark near the rim. The words "Ridgway" and "Improv... and Granit…" can be seen within the mark, which also contains an illustration of the pottery factory where this object was produced, featuring the bottle-shaped kilns in which ceramics were fired. Because makers' marks changed frequently, this particular helps to pinpoint the date this object was manufactured to between 1842 and 1844.

• Object number

  1114. 26

• Date made

  1840 - 1844

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Dark Gray-Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1114)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  White Granite (White Ironstone)

• Techniques

  Press Molded