Hi Andrew,
Can you clarify- where is your site?
Thanks,
Tim Scarlett

On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Melissa Diamanti wrote:

> Yes, your types 1 and 2 would both be redwares. I work in PA, where  
> this stuff is ubiquitous. But I tried to find you a source for  
> identification closer to your area. Maybe this website will help,
> http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/archguide/documents/arcguide.htm
> It's a guide to historic artifacts from central Illinois. Scroll  
> down to ceramics-earthenware-redware, and click on the hyperlinks to  
> see pictures. As the last post mentioned, the green is a lead glaze.  
> and the black is a manganese glaze. These tended to be crocks for  
> food storage or kitchen wares for food prep.
> Meli Diamanti
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, J T Penman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: J T Penman <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Please help in identifying 19th Century Ceramic type
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 2:42 PM
>
>
> Andrew,
> Types 1a and 1b are a lead glazed earthenware.  Potters in  
> southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois were making lead  
> glazed earthenware circa 1870.  I did a paper in the Wisconsin  
> Archeologist in the 1970s or early 1980s that cites some unpublished  
> info on a potter in the lead mining district in southwest  
> Wisconsin.  Also there is a paper on a pottery that operated at  
> Galena, Illinois.  If you need these references, I'll try to find  
> them for you, I am on a long away form that distance and time wise  
> so it may take a while.
>
>  J. T. Penman
> PO Box 861568
> Wahiawa, HI 96786
> work phone (808) 655-9724
> home phone (808) 622-2727
> mobile phone (808) 220-6004
> FAX (808) 622-2929
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> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 7:03:29 PM
> Subject: Please help in identifying 19th Century Ceramic type
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone can identify the type of ceramic and  
> provide a
> source for the ceramics located during a surface survey, I conducted  
> for my
> master’s degree.
>
> I posted multiple pictures of the two types, I need help identifying:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/39493264@N08/
>
> Brief background: The site resides in a large agricultural field.   
> The site
> consists of a small artifact scatter including glass, ceramic, and  
> brick (no
> large structural remains were located).  The site is believed to be a
> mid-19th century structure as seen on 1858 plat map and not present  
> on the
> 1872 plat map when a new owner.