Painted Dutch Majolica Body Sherd

One Dutch Majolica body sherd with a buff paste, a light tan or colorless and slightly opaque lead glazed exterior, and a white tin-glazed interior. The interior is decorated with a blue painted decoration, although the sherd is too small to determine a specific pattern.

• Object number

  208.31

• Date made

  1625 - 1675

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, River Bottom Silt: Dark Gray Clayey Silt (624.208)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Majolica, Dutch

  Buff Paste