Printed Whiteware Rim Sherd

A blue transfer-printed rim sherd from a hollowware vessel. The vessel sports both interior and exterior decoration. The exterior decoration uses a Chinese-inspired tree and pagoda motif, likely a variation of the popular Willow pattern. The interior rim features a Chinoiserie border with butterfly motifs.

• Object number

  375.111

• Date made

  1815 - 1834

• Decoration

  Printed

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Chinese

  Line Engraved

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tea/Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Stadt Huys Block 554 - 375

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded