Printed Whiteware Body Sherd

A blue transfer-printed body sherd, likely from a large bowl. The vessel uses interior and exterior decoration. The exterior shows a landscape scene with abstracted foliage in the form of a tree and flower. The interior rim features a floral border.

• Object number

  1064.26

• 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 9, Test Cut AR, Mid-19th-Century Privy Fill, Strata XI (544.1064)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded