Material Culture Final Project: Group 4

Kate DeeleyJonathan Song

Mohammed VafaiHalsey SinclairEsther Jones

Ceramics

CeramicsPearlware “china glaze” (ca. 1775 – 1812) 49%

Pearlware (1780 – 1830) Whiteware (ca. 1820 – present) 21%

Creamware (ca.1742 - ca. 1820) 3.6% Chinese Export Porcelain 10% Redware 8.5% Gray Stoneware 1.4%White Granite (ca. 1840 – present) 0.9%Yellowware 1.4%Bone China 1.7%Stone China 0.9%China Glazed Prnt 0.4%Tin Glazed 0.2%

Ceramics: Ware Types

RedwareTin GlazedCreamwareChina GlazePearlwareWhitewareChinese Export PorcelainBone ChinaGray Stoneware Stone ChinaWhite GraniteYellowwareOther

Cost of tea ware vs. cost of dining ware

Context Mid 19th Century• brothel vs. domestic

residence (family and/ or lodgers).

• Identifying distinctive aspects of prostitutes' lives through their artifacts is difficult unless there is a base line of normalcy.

Brothel vs. Domestic residence • “During the early 19th century, meals take

on the form of a ritual and are the time when women affirm moral values of the family (Wall 1987:25)”

• Wall equates changes in ceramic assemblages of the New York households with this increasing ritualization of meals, which in turn is linked to the growth of women’s sphere in households.”(Klein 79)

• Plates- pearl edge, cream, common place plates -

• Teawares- all more expensive and elaborate in design and aesthetics

• Availability• Popularity of particular styles• Meaning within society

» Socio-economic status» Ethnicity» Class» Gender

Ceramics: Vessel Types

TeaTableServingPreparationStorageMulti-PurposeUnidentifiedMisc.HygieneHouse

Ceramics – Everyday Wares

Blue Shell-Edged

Pearlware

Green Shell-Edged Pearlware

Canova Pattern

Willow PatternLaFayette at Franklin’s

Tomb – Handleless Cup

Glass

Wine Bottles

Glass Tumbler

Ethical Bottles

Henry’s Calcined Magnesia Bottles

Essence of Peppermint Bottles

Urinal for WomenPerfume Bottle

Small Finds

Bone Buttons Mother of Pearl Buttons

American Dime (Liberty Head) American small cent (Indian Head)

Pipe Bowls

Pipe Bowl with Masonic Crest