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: > > > 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 Archeologist in the 1970s or early 1980s that cites some unpublished 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 > > > > > ________________________________ > 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.