Redware Lower Delaware Valley Style Rim Sherd

Wavy line colored green and two straight yellow lines. Tag from exhibit display reads: "11. Red earthenware pan rim decorated with slip lines. Pans were used for cooking puddings (especially Indian pudding, a mixture of corn meal, molasses, and spices) or other baked foods. Made in the Philadelphia region or possibly in New York City by a potter trained in the Lower Delaware Valley tradition. Ca. 1750-1825"

• Object number

  35

• Date made

  1720 - 1860

• Decoration

  Copper Green Blotches etc.

  Slip Decorated

• Color

  Polychrome

• Patterns

  Trailed Slip

  Lower Delaware Valley Style

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation & Service

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  1439- South Ferry - Whitehall Slip 15598.013

• Forms

  Pan

  Rim

• Ware types

  Redware