Printed Whiteware Willow Pattern Body Sherd

A blue transfer printed whiteware sherd from a flatware vessel, likely a plate or platter. The vessel's decoration uses the popular "Willow" motif, a Chinese-style design featuring a lakeside scene with a pavilion and trees.

• Object number

  1121.17

• Date made

  1815 - 1834

• Decoration

  Printed

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Flatware

• Patterns

  Printed, Line and Stipple

  Chinese

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 9, Test Cut AR, Modern Looting Cleanup, (544.1121)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Whiteware

• Techniques

  Press Molded