Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Rim Sherd

One buff-bodied rim sherd from a plate, basin, or chamber pot with a white tin glaze on the interior and exterior surfaces. The interior is decorated with a geometric design in blue and dark blue lines. The sherd appears flat and is possibly from a vessel with an everted rim. 

• Object number

  162.33

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Patterns

  Line(s)

  Geometric

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Coarse Sand Between Wood Stains #2 and #3, and #3 and #4 (624.162)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Tin Glazed

  Buff Paste