You may be able to get some useful info from the report prepared by
Prewitt and Associates (Austin, TX 512-459-3349 - ask for either Elton
or Ross Fields).  The report was an "inventory" of the transfer and
decorated wares found at one of the TX coastal fortifications along the
Gulf - early through middle 19th c.  Has a lot of color plates with info
on name of original design, years of execution, etc.  The work was for
the Brazosport Seaport Museum, you can also contact them.  Good luck.
 
Stephen P. Austin (CESWF-EV-EC) 817-978-6385 ext. 1554
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Steen [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 7:30 AM
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> Subject:      "Whiteware" questions and web site update.
>
> Listmates--I've been analyzing ceramics from Fort Johnson, on
> Charleston
> Harbor (South Carolina) recently. The situation basically is that FJ
> has been
> occupied since the early 18th century. During the Civil War it was
> built up
> with earthen fortifications, which were subsequently leveled. In
> addition
> later development spread artifacts far and wide.
>
> One of the main occupations that we excavated was free
> African-American
> squatters' settlement that seems to have been in place from about
> 1865--1906.
> The ceramic collection is varied, and consists both of purchased wares
> and
> "laterally recycled" pieces (how's that for jargon Ned Heite?) that
> were in
> active use, and sherds from dozens of vessels that were probably used
> at other
> loci (unless somehow a few lead glazed slipware vessels survived into
> the late
> 19th c....). So the problem is sorting out the later pieces from the
> earlier.
>
> My question is, has anyone looked into the color palettes used on 19th
> century
> refined industrial earthenwares in any detail, and is the information
> accesible? I'm sure that we can all look at a mid 19th century
> polychrome hand
> painted vessel and separate it from an early example, but has anyone
> quantified this? Illustrated the palettes in color on a web site? In
> this I am
> asking about not just hand painted wares, but the various permutations
> of
> annular wares---mocha, finger painted, etc. Any input will be
> appreciated.
>
> Second question, I have been doing vesselization (starting with
> undecorated
> "whiteware") and wonder if anyone has developed typologies for rim and
> base
> form, body shape, and other characteristics? I have been making up my
> own as I
> go, but why reinvent the wheel? Any ideas?
>
> For more background see our web site
>   HTTP://www.encore-net.com/diachronic
> (photos of whiteware are in the current research section). Any help
> will be
> appreciated.
>
> Also, I have recently added a paper on excavations at John de la
> Howe's Lethe
> Farm site that may be of interest. I transcribed his estate (will)
> inventory,
> estate sale, will, and included those just for fun. They make
> fascinating
> reading  (for weird people like me, anyway). Why, for instance, would
> cows,
> pigs, and a cat be included in an inventory of the items in the main
> house
> dining room?  Comments are welcome.