Description: Unscalloped edge with impressed wavy lines.  A recessed band lies between the rim and molding. Shell Edge 15 can occur without paint. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge, Green, etc.) Cataloging Example for Depicted Sherd: Stylistic Genre Shell Edge, blue Interior/Exterior Location Decorative… Read more »

Description: Unscalloped edge with lightly impressed wavy lines.  Similar to shell edge 10 except that the painted decoration pools in small circles towards the rim of the vessel and the molded, wavy lines are farther apart. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge, Green, etc.)… Read more »

Description: Undulating, elongated scalloped edge with impressed wavy lines.  Most of the small wavy lines are fully painted.  Includes two parallel, deep, partially painted channels between the usual wavy lines.  Also includes a tick mark between the sets of channels farther down the body. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color… Read more »

Description: Undulating scalloped edge with impressed wavy lines. Very similar to Shell Edge 01, except that the shell edge does not descend directly from the scalloped edge.  A white, unpainted space lies between the scalloped edge and the painted, molded lines.  The molded wavy lines are only partially painted. Stylistic Genre: Select Shell Edge plus… Read more »

Description: Unscalloped edge with molded wavy lines.  The large molded lines descending down from the edge are wavy, with smaller, thinner wavy lines also extending down.  Note that Shell Edge 11 can also have applied color.  Found primarily on pearlware, sometimes on early whiteware. Stylistic Genre: Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell… Read more »

Description: Unscalloped edge with impressed wavy lines.  The molded lines descending down from the edge are wavy and the painted band frequently follows the molded lines.  Note that Shell Edge 10 is very similar to Shell Edge 02.  The distinguishing characteristic is that Shell Edge 02 has a molded scalloped edge while Shell Edge 10… Read more »

Description: This shell edge is a combination of a single, impressed, scalloped line directly below the rim. Vertical molded lines run from the scalloped line and down the vessel. A band of color runs around the proximal rim. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge,… Read more »

Description: Scalloped edge with no molding.  Painted line along edge feathers downward in imitation of more detailed molded and painted shell edge. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge, Green, etc.) Cataloging Example for Depicted Sherd: Stylistic Genre Shell Edge, blue Interior/Exterior Location Decorative Technique… Read more »

Description: Scalloped edge with no molding.  Painted band following the edge, but no impressed or painted shell motif. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge, Green, etc.) Cataloging Example for Depicted Sherd: Stylistic Genre Shell Edge, blue Interior/Exterior Location Decorative Technique Color Stylistic Element Motif… Read more »

Description: Unscalloped and unmolded.  The rim edge is not scalloped, and the shell motif is simply painted on. Stylistic Genre: Shell Edge. Select Shell Edge plus the appropriate color (i.e. Shell Edge Blue, Shell Edge, Green, etc.) Cataloging Example for Depicted Sherd: Stylistic Genre Shell Edge, blue Interior/Exterior Location Decorative Technique Color Stylistic Element Motif… Read more »