Nevers Blue Tin-Glazed Earthenware Handle

One small tin-glazed light buff-bodied earthenware handle sherd from a small hollowware vessel. The handle is decorated with Nevers or Persian Blue-style decoration with small white dots and squiggly lines. The blue glaze of the handle appears either burned or discolored in some way.

• Object number

  214.7

• Date made

  Late 17th Century

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Blue, Nevers/Persian

  White

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Dot

  Other

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, River Bottom Silt: Gray and Red Silty Sand and Reddish Gray Silty Sand (624.214)

• Forms

  Handle

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed