3/4 Philly Dig

[PhilaJDH]

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[PhilaJDH]

Swaims too bad about the busted lip. Oh well, one side looks good. "Displays well"

 

[PhilaJDH]

Swaims 2. This is the good side.

 

[PhilaJDH]

Wicked crude puff. It too has a busted flared lip. Still pretty cool though.

 

[rpinkham]

Nice! Is that my Swaims? Incidentally, kudos to philajdh for another great philly permission!

 

[Plumbata]

ORIGINAL: rpinkham

Very cool tea cup. Hope someone finds the missing chip!

Amazing cup, I love it!

Assuming the 24 stars in the flag represented the actual number of states in the union when it was made, the cup would date between 1821 and 1836. Arkansas was the 25th state, added June 15th, 1836. Seems like that age range matches perfectly with the stated age of the pit. Truly a fabulous find, it would be my #1 pick hands down. Thanks for sharing the dig, great stuff all around.

That amber figural bottle is a strange one. Seems like a winged skull above a faint caduceus above an urn. Personally, it visually strikes me as being somewhat morbid; imagery which would be better suited to an 18th century gravestone than a cologne bottle. That makes it much more appealing overall though. Sweet stuff.

 

[Clam]

That cup looks quite familiar ! Pretty cool to see that they kept the # of stars contemporary with the # of states. Chris and Doug should have remembered digging this ones older brother in Fells Point a few years back the one with 13 stars..............

 

[baltbottles]

Personally I don't think there is any age difference in the two cups with both being circa 1820s-30s. Its more likely the number of stars is more of part of an English ceramic decorators artistic interpretation of what an American flag of that era looked like. One decorator went by an image of the flag with 13 stars and another had a more contemporary flag to go by. I would say both cups were made at the same pottery within a few years of each other.


Chris

 

[rpinkham]

Did you guys sift any of that stuff?

There were always two sharp eyed guys scratching through the spoils. There were many other finds. Couple of coins, a cows horn, but mainly pottery. Hope some gets glued and photographed.

 

[rpinkham]

Just back from Philly helping philajdh spank up the dig site. Homeowner approved of the entire job and picked up a few relics for her shelf. The photo shows an OP window pane and OP cordial/wine glass. Surprised to find some glassware bits that matched!