Redware crock and chinese bowl dug in Baltimore privy

[herndonbottles]

This redware crock was dug in Baltimore dug in pre 1840 woodliner this summer. We found only a puff and and open pontil bottle that looks like a London mustard without the word mustard embossed. The crock has an incised band around it. Glazed on the inside and out except on the exterior bottom. It has no seat for a lid. There is a chip on the lip and bottom has a couple of very thin cracks. We weren't able to finish it, here's a list of the artifacts on the first dig.

-round vial clear (either free blown or open pontilled)

-black glass mallet (unfortunately had about a one inch diameter hole in the shoulder. It didn’t have the usual iridescence and should clean up beautifully.

-white clay pipe

-Olive green historical flask shard from the front or bottom part of the bottle. An eagle and KEENE in an oval are visible. I checked McKearin’s book and I think this a Masonic flask from the 1820s.

-Bottom half of o.p. LONDON MUSTARD

-Redware chamber pot shards about ½ of it was there

-aqua o.p. historical flask shards

-redware teapot shards

-About a bucket full of feather edge china, stoneware, redware, black glass shards

We returned to redig it later this summer. Pics of the chinese bowl in the next post.

 

[herndonbottles]

Probably the best shard was this beautiful English made Chinese bowl that Al found when it was his turn in the hole. It was only broke in 4 places. I finally have glued it back and it has a yellow "V" mark on the bottom. You can clearly see the mark on the view of the bottom. Any info on the mark or the bowl would be appreciated.

 

[herndonbottles]

forgot to embed the pic. Side view of the bowl.

 

[herndonbottles]

another view

 

[herndonbottles]

Look at the detail in the landscape in this view.

 

[herndonbottles]

And here's the bottom. It almost looks like some used a yellow highlighter and wrote the V on it, but it was found in undisturbed 1830s layer.

 

[herndonbottles]

Here's a pic of the shards after I cleaned them up. We took home three buckets full.
More details and pics can be found on our club's forum.
http://www.potomacbottlecollectors.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?846
Any info on the bowl and crock is welcome. Hope you enjoyed the post.
-Peter

 

[herndonbottles]

Ok this time, here's the bottom of bowl.

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello herndonbottles: Your Chinese bowl is certainly a beauty. There is a raging market for these china pieces in the last three years. Brunks Auction House in Asheville NC has been getting some unbelievable results selling them. Since yours was broken they no doubt wouldn't be interested. But nothing tried is nothing gained. RED Matthews

 

[GuntherHess]

That's a really odd color scheme on the bowl. Very nice piece.
The mark on the bottom is probably a worker's piece work mark I would guess, done with the last brush they used to highlight the images.