Negative Printed Floral Whiteware Cup Rim Sherd

Dark-blue "negative" printed cup rim sherd. Negative transfer prints create the appearance of the background in blue and the pattern elements in white, a style that was in peak production circa 1821 to 1840. Both the interior and exterior of the sherd are printed.

• Object number

  CV-146: 70

• Date made

  1815 - 1915

• Decoration

  Printed, Negative Printing

• Color

  Blue, Dark

• Animals/objects

  Cup

• Patterns

  Floral

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tea/Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Transect 3, SC 6A: Possible Buried A Horizon (9531.70)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Whiteware