Printed Whiteware Body Sherd

A blue transfer-printed body sherd from a hollowware vessel, likely a teapot. The exterior decoration shows a bird balancing on the branch of a tree.

• Object number

  617.816

• 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

  Stadt Huys Block 554 - 617

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded