Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Body Sherd

One very worn yellow-bodied tin-glazed earthenware body sherd from an indeterminate vessel type. One surface has a white tin glaze, and the opposite surface has a white glaze with an unknown purple painted pattern. Most of the glaze is missing from the painted surface.

• Object number

  168.2

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Purple

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Indeterminate

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Coarse Sand Between Wood Stains #2 and #3, and #3 and #4 (624.168)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed