Printed Whiteware Base Sherds

A blue transfer printed whiteware base made of two mended sherds from a large hollowware vessel, perhaps a teapot or tureen. The twisted base uses a densely packed honeycomb motif.

• Object number

  364.08, 364.13

• Date made

  1815 - 1859

• Decoration

  Printed

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Printed, Line and Stipple

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tea/Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 16, Test Cut AF, Late-19th-/20th-Century Demolition Debris, Strata I (544.364)

• Forms

  Base

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded