White salt glaze stoneware teabowl

Notes

This is a fragment of a white salt glazed stoneware teabowl. This white bodied ceramic was produced by combining naturally white clays with ground and calcined flint. Undecorated teaware forms such as this item were generally popular between the first and last quarter of the eighteenth century, and would have been common items in American stores and homes.

Teabowls such as this form were essential for the consumption of tea within the households of the eighteenth century. By the mid-eighteenth century and later, tea drinking was a common practice within households of both high and low social and economic statuses. Making and drinking tea required a variety of vessel forms. Tea was drunk from small, handle-less vessels such as this teabowl. Of course, despite originating as specialized vessels for tea, such forms could have been used to drink a variety of other liquids as well.

Comparing this vessel to others in the collection, it has a slightly thinner rim than object 1725435, and larger diameter than object 1725208.

Object Type

Ceramic

Has it Been Conserved?

No

Where Was It Found?

Project Site: House for Families    [more details]