Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who replied both on- and off-list. Very helpful leads - much appreciated!
--Barb
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From: Barbara Voss [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2018 10:53 PM
To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: help with transferprint pattern id?
Hi Hist Arch'ers,
I'm hoping someone on this list might recognize transfer print patterns for two whiteware sherds recovered from the December 2017 subsurface testing program at Cangdong Village, Guangdong Province, China. The sherds were found in deposits that date to ca. 1880s-1920s.
I've put photos of the two sherds in a dropbox folder for easy viewing:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l5at5ggtwzciihs/AAAKYqa_ZyMAfOl6Mp7VtYgGa?dl=0
One sherd is from a bowl with a drapery-style exterior rim band treatment in blue transfer print.
The other sherd, also from a bowl, has exterior green transfer printed floral elements.
We have checked through the usual set of pattern reference books and have not come up with any matches. These are the only decorated whitewares in the assemblage (there are many other undecorated whiteware sherds) and so we are trying to get as much information about them as possible.
We have been really surprised to find British whitewares in the historic deposits of this rural village (which is located in a major porcelain- and stoneware-producing area, so the villagers did not lack for local sources of very nice ceramics!). Identifying specific transfer print patterns could be the first step towards refining the time periods during which these whitewares were being brought into local distribution networks.
Thanks in advance for any leads you all might be able to provide -
Barb
P.S. Background about the site and the results of the 2016 surface survey are available at: https://www.academia.edu/36644445/Voss_B._L._J._R._Kennedy_Tan_J._and_L._W._Ng._2018._The_Archaeology_of_Home_Qiaoxiang_and_non-state_actors_in_the_archaeology_of_the_Chinese_diaspora._American_Antiquity_83_3_407-426
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