Painted Dutch Majolica Tableware Rim Sherd

One Dutch majolica rim sherd with a light buff body and a colorless lead glaze on its exterior surface. The interior is coated with a white tin glaze and painted in bright blue and yellow. The tin-glazed interior extends over the top of the rim. The sherd is possibly from a plate, a dish, or a similar tableware vessel.

• Object number

  159.5

• Date made

  1625 - 1675

• Decoration

  Painted

  Lead Glazed

• Color

  Blue

  Yellow

• Animals/objects

  Tableware, Unidentifiable

• Patterns

  Other

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Tan-Gray Silty Sand Between Wood Stains #1 and #2 (624.159)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Majolica, Dutch

  Buff Paste