Beaudry et al. (1983) piece in Historical Archaeology 17(1) should provide useful criteria based on the criteria established by a group of Chesapeaken investigators. Reprinted in the Cambridge University volume Documentary Archaeology, if memory serves. There may be a problem in using Maryland data as many of the 17th and early 18th-century pans were North Devon sand-tempered wares, a type scarce in Delaware. Still, the overall form description should serve. Alas, my resources and I are not in the same place at the moment.

 

 

Jim Gibb
Gibb Archaeological Consulting
Annapolis, MD
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Subject: Milk Pans

We are looking to acquire period correct (mid 18th C.) redware milk pans.  So we are looking for some dimensions and more detailed descriptions.  I have come across numerous milk pans sherds in my career and reassembled some but no longer have access to them.  Unfortunately, the reports I have examined merely note the presence of milk pans and MNIs in some cases with no additional details.  Does any have access to  or recorded dimensions of any redware milk pans, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic Region?

Keith R. Doms
Newlin Grist Mill
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