Printed Whiteware Teacup Sherd

A blue transfer-printed body sherd from a paneled teacup. The vessel uses both interior and exterior decoration. Commonly called "gothic," these paneled designs proliferated throughout the mid-nineteenth century. The exterior features a landscape with a body of water, trees, and two domed structures visible. The interior rim uses a border with concentric wavy lines and sports the remnants of a tree on the inside of the cup's base. The cup exhibits some damage, likely from coming into contact with an iron object.

• Object number

  615.21

• Date made

  1840 - 1859

• Decoration

  Printed

  Paneled

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Teacup

• Patterns

  Printed, Line and Stipple

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Stadt Huys Block 554 - 615

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded