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Tim-
I'd be curious to see a picture. Can you ask someone to post one?
Also, I'd generally advise against licking pottery from a privy dig. I've
contracted soil-borne occupational illnesses before just from breathing the
dirt in which we work. I'd really discourage you from taking such risks
with privy pots, even after washing in plain water. I doubt your artifact
washing produced sterile pots. Bacteria, Virus, and Spores, oh my.
Cheers,
Tim Scarlett
On 2/16/03 3:33 PM, "Tim Dinsmore" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In excavating a circa 1770s-1820s deposit inside what is believed to be
> a stone-lined privy, we came upon sherds to a teapot that look very much
> like Jackfield ware but not quite. The exterior exhibits a smooth and
> lusterous black glaze while the interior is black, rough or bumpy, and
> similar to a saltglazed surface. The body is a light purple in color
> while the 'tongue' test suggests that the ware is a stoneware rather
> than an earthenware (tongue does not adhere at all to the body like in
> earthenwares). Is this in fact Jackfield ware or is it some type of
> imitation Jackfield? Have others found Jackfield with a rough interior
> glaze? TIA
>
> Tim Dinsmore
> Archaeological Consultant
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Program in Industrial History and Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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were after."
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