Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Body Sherd

One small buff-bodied tin-glazed earthenware body sherd with polychrome painted decoration from an indeterminate vessel type. One surface has a white tin glaze, and the opposite surface has a white glaze with an unknown purple and blue painted pattern. The sherd is slightly discolored. 

• Object number

  171.67

• 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: Gray and Tan Sand with Shell Below Wood Stain #4 and Next to Rocks (624.171)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed