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paul courtney
leicester
LE2 1WJ
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From: "Robbie B Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:32 PM
Subject: Creil and Montereau


> HISTARCHers,
>
> I am looking for information about a small ceramic vessel recovered from a
> ca. 1855-1860 trash pit in St. Franciville, LA.  It is a blue transfer
> printed creamware/pearlware ointment jar or pot that would have orginally
> had a ceramic pot lid.  On the base is a black printed mark that reads:
>
> LEBEUF MILLIET & CIE
> MEDAILLES D'OR
> 1834 39 ET 44
> PORC... OPAQUE
> CREIL & MONTEREAU
>
> From what I have been able to gather this is the mark of Louis Lebeuf and
> Gratien Milliet and Co., who were apparently in business ca. 1841-1876.
> Lebeuf, it seems, won gold medals for his "porcelain opaque" in 1834-39
and
> 1844.  My first question is how do Lebeuf and Milliet relate to Creil and
> Montereau, which seems to refer to the merger of these two ceramic
> fractories? The merger took place sometime early in the 19th century.
> Creil(1794-1895?) was known for its "English-type" earthenware and
> Montereau (1748-19th century) was likewise producing "creamware" or
> "queensware" by ca. 1776.
>
> My second question relates to the tranfer printed scene on the vessel, it
> is a bucolic scene with what appears to be a stone slab that reads:
>
> JOURDAN
> NO. 15
> Rue de al Paix
> A
> PARIS
>
> Does this refer to the product/merchant?, the pattern name?, something
> else?
>
> Finally, are there any known comparative examples from archaeological
> contexts and, a larger question, I wonder how much of this 19th century
> French refined earthenware is going unrecognized on sites in French
regions
> of North America like SE Louisiana?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob Mann
>
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> Rob Mann, Ph.D.
> Southeast Regional Archaeologist
> Museum of Natural Science
> 119 Foster Hall
> Louisiana State University
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