Tin-Glazed Ointment Pot Body/Rim Sherd

One large buff-bodied tin-glazed earthenware body/rim sherd from an undecorated ointment pot or drug jar (or possibly a porringer). The rim is flared and some of the glaze on the edge of the rim is missing. The glaze is white-colored with a slight grayish tint. Both the interior and exterior surfaces are glazed.

• Object number

  504.7

• Date made

  1690 - 1780

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 4 inches

• Animals/objects

  Pot, Ointment

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Sanitary

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 15, Test Cut S: Surface Rubble (624.504)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Buff Paste

  Tin Glazed