Specialized Ceramic Vessels, From Oyster Jars to Ornaments
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2020
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Specialized Ceramic Vessels, From Oyster Jars to Ornaments," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century ceramic vessels made in specific forms for specialized, narrow, uses can be difficult to identify as isolated sherds; nevertheless they are present in excavated collections. The papers in this symposium will discuss a variety of forms, from crude stoneware oyster jars to refined earthenware and porcelain vessels for the table and display, in the context of their technomic and socio-technic functions and will suggest how they might be identified in archaeological assemblages.
Other Keywords
Ceramics •
Oysters •
Salt-Glazed Stoneware •
Stoneware •
New York •
Washington •
Gentry •
inkwells
Temporal Keywords
18th Century •
17th through 19th centuries •
Late 18th Century to early 19th Century
Geographic Keywords
Coahuila (State / Territory) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Oklahoma (State / Territory) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
Texas (State / Territory) •
Sonora (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Chihuahua (State / Territory) •
Nuevo Leon (State / Territory) •
Delaware (State / Territory)
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Appearance Is Everything: Mary Washington And Her Specialized Ceramics Of Gentility (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Specialized Ceramic Vessels, From Oyster Jars to Ornaments" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mary Washington, mother to George, was widowed young. Her decision not to remarry, an unusual choice for women of her time, meant she faced an economic and social uphill battle raising five children to be successful adults and members of the Virginia gentry class. Consequently it was important that she cultivate a...
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Early New York Oyster Jars (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Specialized Ceramic Vessels, From Oyster Jars to Ornaments" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Pickled oysters were one of New York’s first and most recognizable exports. The earliest documented mention was in a mid-17th century letter that described how glass bottles containing oysters were shipped to the West Indies. Following this, it appears oysters were regularly stored and shipped in small wooden casks....
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Inkwells: Plain and Fancy, Personal and Commercial (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Specialized Ceramic Vessels, From Oyster Jars to Ornaments" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Vessels made to hold ink have been a necessary part of writers’ tool kits since antiquity. Salt-glazed stoneware inkwells and ink stands were in common use during the late 18th and 19th centuries, yet they are seldom identified in archaeological collections. At a time when elegant handwriting was a mark of gentility...