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Material Culture Final Project: Group 4
Kate DeeleyJonathan Song
Mohammed VafaiHalsey SinclairEsther Jones
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
Small Finds
Bone Buttons Mother of Pearl Buttons
American Dime (Liberty Head) American small cent (Indian Head)