Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Body Sherds

Two small buff-bodied tin-glazed earthenware body sherds from an indeterminate vessel type. One surface has white glaze with a blue tint, and the opposite surface has light blue tinted glaze stained with a blue and purple painted pattern. The sherds do not mend but are likely from the same vessel.

• Object number

  129.20, 129.21

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

  Purple

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Indeterminate

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Gray Sandy Silt with Shell, Charcoal and Brick with Lens of Reddish Brown Silt (624.129)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed