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.
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Object number
58.09
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Date made
1815 - 1859
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Decoration
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Color
Blue
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Animals/objects
Flatware
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Patterns
Printed, Line and Stipple
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Category
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Class
Ceramic
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Functions
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Material
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Context
Lot 8/16, Test Cut D, Early-18th-Century Deposit, Strata IV (544.058)
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Forms
Base/Body
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Ware types
Pearlware/Whiteware
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Techniques
Press Molded
