The following 1767 advertisement for mending china and other items may be
of interest. There are other advertisements for mending with staples, but
this one seems different.
“Maria Warwell, Intending shortly to depart this province, ….
And while she waits for a passage, will be much obliged to those who will
employ her, in mending in the neatest and most durable manner, all sorts of
useful and ornamental China, viz: beakers, Tureens, jars, vases, busts;
statues, either in china, glass, plaster, bronze or marble; should a piece
be wanting, she will substitute a composition in its room, and copy the
pattern as night as possible. N.B. She lives near Mrs. White’s house on
the Hard, Trott’s Point.”
From the *South Carolina Gazette & Country Journal*, July 21, 1767. extracted
by
Alfred Cox Prime, compiler
1929 *The Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland and South
Carolina*published by the Walpole Society, Philadelphia.
Page 128.
Peace,
George L. Miller
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM, MARA KAKTINS <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Histarchers,
>
> Here at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home, we have been doing
> some analysis of his mother, Mary Ball Washington’s, teawares and have
> found substantial evidence of historic mending. There are a number of
> creamware vessels we’re looking at which have unmistakably been glued prior
> to deposition (these are clearly not organic deposits on the sherds but
> rather deliberate applications of glue around earlier breaks). As such, we
> are now very interested in other assemblages that may have similar mending
> activities going on and are trying to learn as much as we can about pot
> mending and glues from around the 18th century. If anyone out there has
> any information to this effect we would be very grateful! Please contact
> me off list at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> -Mara Kaktins
>
>
> --
> Mara Kaktins, MA, R.P.A.
> Temple Univeristy
> Archaeology
> (215)-806-2600
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