You might try:
Shlasko, Ellen
1989 Delftware Chronology: A New Approach to Dating English Tin-Glazed
Ceramics.
Unpublished M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, the College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Also for a compendium of dated specimens (base data for Ellen's outstanding
analysis):
Lipski, Louis L., and Michael Archer. Dated English Delftware: Tin-Glazed
Earthenware 1600-1800.
London: Sotheby, 1984.
Silas Hurry
Historic St. Mary's City
At 09:17 PM 11/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello All:
>
>I have the fine pleasure of having under my care the exquisite
>archaeological collection of 18th century tavern ware from the John
>Hatchett Tavern (erroneously known as John Howlett Tavern) at Chesterfield
>Courthouse, VA. As part of general edumication and putting things in
>order, I am looking for information on the well-known tavern bowls
>(Tin-Glazed Delft) with inscriptions such as "One Bowl More and Then" One
>Bowl More Will" etc. There are some 70 such vessels represented in the
>assemblage but I do not have any resources at hand to fully understand them.
>
>Here's a pic of one that looks only somewhat similar to what we have:
>http://aggv.bc.ca/tea/gallery_view.asp?ID_Gallery=24&Sec=5&Sub=3
>
>In reading the correspondence there are several letters which note the
>variety of the sayings on the bowls, and their uses, etc, but the date
>ranges are given generally for that of English Delft (1600-1800) or simply
>late 18th century.
>
>The correspondence on hand is some 20 years old, so I hope there is
>something more recent that will tell me about these beautiful pieces, their
>period of production and use, distribution, and the variety of sayings.
>
>Deerfield Museum has a new book out on Delftware, and I could call some of
>my connections with Winterthur (my wife who is now on vacation at Disney),
>and, oh, Williamsburg is but a few miles away, but I'm also thinking that
>perhaps HISTARCH listers know of some other favorite sources that I could
>get. Any suggestions?
>
>Blatant Plug for a book I have no connection to:
>http://www.spencermarks.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/sz/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1701
>
> Dan W.
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