Printed Pearlware/Whiteware Base Sherd

A blue transfer-printed base sherd from a flatware vessel. The surface decoration likely uses a version of the popular "Tendril Pattern," a motif popularized by Benjamin Adams that featured a circular center with a stylized flower motif surrounded by tendrils with additional stylized flowers and leaves. Several unknown makers produced variants of the design, making it difficult to date definitively.

• Object number

  25.8.IIC

• Date made

  1815 - 1859

• Decoration

  Printed

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Printed, Line and Stipple

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tea/Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 8/16, Test Cut D, Demolition Debris, Strata II (544.025)

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Pearlware/Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded