Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tableware Base Sherd

One buff-bodied tin-glazed earthenware base sherd with a wide rounded footring. The footring has some evidence of use-wear. Both surfaces have a thick white glaze. The interior is painted with a floral pattern in blue. There are traces of what appears to be gilding or some type of overglaze painting over the blue decoration. The sherd also has molded ridges or fluting on the exterior body, but the exact pattern is unknown due to the amount remaining. The sherd is likely from a plate, dish, or similar tableware vessel.

• Object number

  504.8

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Decoration

  Painted

  Molded Pattern

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Tableware, Unidentifiable

• Patterns

  Floral

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

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

• Forms

  Base

  Footring

• Ware types

  Tin Glazed

  Buff Paste