Engine-Turned Astbury-Type Body Sherd

One Astbury-Type body sherd with engine-turned wavy lines along the exterior body. The sherd has a colorless glaze on the exterior surface and a thin, hard red body. The interior is spalled. The sherd is probably from a teapot or coffee pot.

• Object number

  539

• Date made

  1727 - 1750

• Decoration

  Engine-Turned

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Wavy Line(s)

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Astbury-Type

• Techniques

  Press Molded