Thanks Tim!
I¹ve been trying to find an old email to remind me of how to get to the
archive.
Best,
TW
Terrance Weik
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of South Carolina
see my book at
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=WEIKX001
On 9/11/17, 9:09 AM, "HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Timothy
Scarlett" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>These are a few of the nuggets of information from the HISTARCH Archive.
>After Anita¹s struggle to preserve this research tool, I suggest to
>everyone that they both use AND CITE the source in their reports.
>Citation shows the value of the tool to agencies and managers.
>
>As a reminder, here¹s how to get to the archive. in this case, I would
>search for ³stoneware bottle² ³ginger beer² and perhaps ³bristol glaze²
>or even ³salt glaze stoneware bottle². The results will give you a list
>of experts to contact and sources to followŠ
>http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH
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>Cheers,
>Tim
>‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹
>This publication has been out for about a year, but has not been heavily
>promoted to date Š So I thought I would take the time to bring it to your
>attention:
>
>Bottled in Illinois: Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early
>Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo 18401880
>Authors: Kenneth B. Farnsworth and John A. Walthall (2011, 816 pp.)
>
>This is a monumental work that includes over 1100 glass and stoneware
>bottle varieties that were produced in Illinois between 1840-1800. This
>is a hardcover volume of more than 800 pages, with approximately 3000
>color images. Although specific to Illinois-marked and manufactured
>specimens, the basic typology and information should be useful throughout
>the U.S., with detailed information about containers, products, and
>manufacturers. This not just an antique collector picture book!
>
>And even though I am employed by the parent firm responsible for its
>publication, I am promoting this book simply on its merits Š A more
>detailed description and ordering information can be found on our website:
>
>https://shop.inrs.illinois.edu/isas-studies.html
><https://shop.inrs.illinois.edu/isas-studies.html>
>
>Thanks for your attention,
>‹‹‹‹-
>
>Tyler et. al. (2005) state that the yellow and clear glaze used on the
>two toned ginger beer bottles was developed in 1835 by William Powell of
>Bristol. This two toned glaze became the industry standard and was
>purchased by all of the London Potters. In 1860 Dolton developed their
>own similar glaze.
>
>Tyler, K. et. al.
>2005 "The Dolton Stoneware Pothouse in Lambeth: Excavations at 9
>Albert Embankment, London". Museum of London Archaeology Service. P.
>13
>‹‹‹‹‹
>Askey (1981) shows the Bristol glaze in use through at least 1949 on
>standard-shape ginger-beer bottles in Britain. He doesn't, however,
>address bottles for export separately. Color was both single toned
>(white) and two-toned. He ends the cork seal about 1915, follows it with
>an internal screw seal until about 1938 and ends with a crown cap in
>1949. The Bristol glaze was used not only on ginger-beer bottles (with a
>sharp shoulder) but also on ale, porter, and stout bottles in the shape
>Askey calls "champagne" although the ones I've seen lack the distinctive
>kick-up of the glass wine/champagnes. In the Great Basin of Nevada I've
>not seen the standard ginger-beer shape, but the "champagne" shape ale
>bottles are relatively common and come in both 1 and 2 tone variations, A
>couple with the original Guinness paper label attached were found beneath
>Piper's Opera House in Virginia City (NV), erected in 1883.
>
>I've seen an additional reference (that I can't put my hands on!) that
>ginger beer was used primarily in the eastern US and Canada. I don't
>remember a definition for "eastern" - in Nevada that tends to be anything
>east of the Mississippi, when I was in Alabama it was the Atlantic
>seaboard north of the Mason-Dixon.
>
>Askey, Derek. Stoneware Bottles From Bellarmines to Ginger Beers
>1500-1949. Bowman Graphics, Brighton (UK). P 121-122
>
>Also check:
>Nigel Jeffries
>A Biography of a Stoneware Ginger Beer Bottle: The Biucchi Brothers and
>the Ticinese Community in Nineteenth-Century London.
>p.57-xx in
>Carolyn L. White, Editor
>The Materiality of Individuality: Archaeological Studies of Individual
>Lives. Springer.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:20 PM, christopher.horrell
>><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I am looking for some information on stoneware bottles from the early
>>19th
>> century. I have tons on the Ginger Beer bottles of the 1830s etc. but I
>> need some information on those early examples (likely salt-glazed)
>> 1800-1820s or so. This is a little out of my league!
>>
>> Would any of you have any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris
>>
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