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Michael
Hmmm. Looks like many of the markings found on Chinese wares. Symbols at
best but generally regarded as having little ident value.
Nice find anyway
Gordon Grimwade
> From: Michael Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:06:32 -0600
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> Thanks all for the help.
>
> Gordon, nothing artifactual was collected at the dredge site. It was a
> shell bank off of Pensecola, Florida.
>
> The imprint you see seems not to be post-depositional scratching. It is a
> line with three cross-hatching running perpandicular. The imprint is
> about 50 mm long.
>
> I have added a schematic drawing of the imprint at:
> http://dig.anthro.niu.edu/vessel
>
> Michael Kolb
> Associate Professor
> Northern Illinois University
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>> From: Gordon <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Help on IDing a stone lamp
>>
>> Those pics lead me to believe it is certainly a Yixing tea pot. It
>> incorporates the five petal plum blossom: symbol of winter and beauty and,
>> inevitably, is also a symbol of longevity. Stoneware was favoured for such
>> teapots over porcelain simply because stoneware retained the heat longer. I
>> assume after immersion it has taken on a hue of its own and almost looks
>> like it was carved from stone!
>>
>> Are there any characters carved in the base? The photos indicate deep
>> scratching in a central position but I can't work anything out from them
>> clearly?
>>
>> Did anything else come up in the dredge?
>>
>> Gordon Grimwade
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>>> From: Michael Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:35:09 -0600
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Help on IDing a stone lamp
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am looking for some help in identifying a stone lamp recovered off the
>>> coast of Florida during dredging this past summer.
>>>
>>> Photos can be found at: http://dig.anthro.niu.edu/vessel
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Kolb
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Northern Illinois University
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> (815) 753-7037
>>
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