White Granite Muffin Plate

This rim sherd was part of a plain white granite "muffin" plate. When whole, this plate's diameter would have measured about 17cm or about 6 1/2 inches. An unidentifiable impressed maker's mark can be seen on its base, the end of two words read "AL" and "ONE", possibly the ending letters of "Royal" and "Ironstone." Ironstone is one of the names under which some white granite wares were sold.

• Object number

  1114.10

• Date made

  1840 - 1981

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 22 cm

  Base Diameter 12 cm

• Animals/objects

  Plate, Muffin

• 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