White Granite Rim Sherd

White granite rim sherd from a flatware vessel. Makers mark stamped just under rim on exterior. The mark consists of a circle with writing and press design in center. The circle is composed of 4 concentric lines with a laurel leaf wreath encircling the circles. The full mark reads "Porcelain a la Francaise" // Ridgway (?), this was registered in 1844 by John Ridgway (see Weatherbee 1996:13,18.) There is at least one other vessel with a Ridgway mark in the SV collection.

• Object number

  CV-191: 82

• Date made

  1840 - present

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Transect 3, SC 6A: Possible Buried A Horizon (9531.82)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  White Granite (White Ironstone)