Overglaze Enamel Painted Pearlware Plate Rim Sherd

One pearlware plate rim sherd with a broad band of blue underglaze painted decoration along the interior rim. The rim has a yellow overglaze enamel painted line with oval dots on top of the blue painted band, with a red overglaze line beneath it. Most of the red painted decoration has worn away. There is additional red overglaze enamel painting on the cavetto of the plate, although this decoration is also very worn and the pattern is unknown.

• Object number

  206.2

• Date made

  1775 - 1830

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 8 inches

• Decoration

  Painted, Underglaze

  Painted, Overglaze Enamel

• Color

  Blue

  Polychrome

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Line(s)

  Other

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Section B, Test Trench 15 (TT15) South Center (WSPPF1.206)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware