Back to basics #maniarchaeology today. Maybe the most common ironstone pattern, this simple sprig motif in copper luster is called Tea Leaf, produced throughout 2nd half of the 19th century by many different makers.
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Back to basics #maniarchaeology today. Maybe the most common ironstone pattern, this simple sprig motif in copper luster is called Tea Leaf, produced throughout 2nd half of the 19th century by many different makers.
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
New 💅 based on this awesome early 18th c. English Delft (tin-enamel). The distinctive color palette of blue, red and green is called Bristol, though it was also made in London.
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
September 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
New 💅 based on this awesome early 18th c. English Delft (tin-enamel). The distinctive color palette of blue, red and green is called Bristol, though it was also made in London.
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
🏺 New #maniarchaeology inspired by 2 of my favorite things: porcelain and buttons! Prosser-molded porcelain buttons were made post-1840 and are very common archaeologically. However, the original transfer-printed designs on some of them, known as "calicos" are often worn away.
April 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🏺 New #maniarchaeology inspired by 2 of my favorite things: porcelain and buttons! Prosser-molded porcelain buttons were made post-1840 and are very common archaeologically. However, the original transfer-printed designs on some of them, known as "calicos" are often worn away.
🏺 #maniarchaeology inspired by this 19th c. transfer-printed whiteware with spearhead band, excavated at Mount Vernon, image courtesy DAACS.
March 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
🏺 #maniarchaeology inspired by this 19th c. transfer-printed whiteware with spearhead band, excavated at Mount Vernon, image courtesy DAACS.
💅 Though sometimes called Gaudy Welsh or Gaudy Dutch, this mid-19th c. British earthenware was actually influenced by Japanese Imari porcelain. Love the color palette and showy florals. This example is ironstone, but other refined EWs and European porcelains may have this design.
#maniarchaeology
#maniarchaeology
March 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
💅 Though sometimes called Gaudy Welsh or Gaudy Dutch, this mid-19th c. British earthenware was actually influenced by Japanese Imari porcelain. Love the color palette and showy florals. This example is ironstone, but other refined EWs and European porcelains may have this design.
#maniarchaeology
#maniarchaeology
Super-pleased to discover that @lindsaybloch.bsky.social
and #maniarchaeology are here on Bluesky!
Clearly what 18th/19th-century ceramics studies are _really_ for.
and #maniarchaeology are here on Bluesky!
Clearly what 18th/19th-century ceramics studies are _really_ for.
🏺 💅 Can anyone identify what I was going for with today's #maniarchaeology?
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
November 25, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Super-pleased to discover that @lindsaybloch.bsky.social
and #maniarchaeology are here on Bluesky!
Clearly what 18th/19th-century ceramics studies are _really_ for.
and #maniarchaeology are here on Bluesky!
Clearly what 18th/19th-century ceramics studies are _really_ for.
🏺 💅 Can anyone identify what I was going for with today's #maniarchaeology?
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
November 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
🏺 💅 Can anyone identify what I was going for with today's #maniarchaeology?
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
It's white salt glazed stoneware (British, mid-18th C.) with the dot-diaper-basketweave molded edge. As always, the texture is super tricky to achieve on nails, but improving!
Archy example courtesy Mount Vernon via DAACS
💅 🏺Back to a classic: shell-edged pearlware. Typically the painted and molded edge was the only decoration, but the Mared pattern by Wedgwood included this delicate neoclassical band. Rarely found archaeologically, this platter was recovered in Jamaica.
#maniarchaeology
#maniarchaeology
September 16, 2024 at 2:30 AM
💅 🏺Back to a classic: shell-edged pearlware. Typically the painted and molded edge was the only decoration, but the Mared pattern by Wedgwood included this delicate neoclassical band. Rarely found archaeologically, this platter was recovered in Jamaica.
#maniarchaeology
#maniarchaeology
Most of the historic ceramics that I've copied have a surface design. 18th C. British agateware is different, made of two clays wedged together. During the trimming process the marbling is revealed. I love how this one turned out! Sherds were recovered in St. Augustine, Florida .
#maniarchaeology 🏺
#maniarchaeology 🏺
March 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Most of the historic ceramics that I've copied have a surface design. 18th C. British agateware is different, made of two clays wedged together. During the trimming process the marbling is revealed. I love how this one turned out! Sherds were recovered in St. Augustine, Florida .
#maniarchaeology 🏺
#maniarchaeology 🏺
Victorian Majolica #maniarchaeology 💅
Molded natural motifs with flowing underglaze painting, it's another one of those *pretty* ugly historic pottery types. Replicating molded designs with polish--still hard!
more info from MAC Lab: apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/P...
Molded natural motifs with flowing underglaze painting, it's another one of those *pretty* ugly historic pottery types. Replicating molded designs with polish--still hard!
more info from MAC Lab: apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/P...
January 9, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Victorian Majolica #maniarchaeology 💅
Molded natural motifs with flowing underglaze painting, it's another one of those *pretty* ugly historic pottery types. Replicating molded designs with polish--still hard!
more info from MAC Lab: apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/P...
Molded natural motifs with flowing underglaze painting, it's another one of those *pretty* ugly historic pottery types. Replicating molded designs with polish--still hard!
more info from MAC Lab: apps.jefpat.maryland.gov/diagnostic/P...
💅 💐 In US, we assume this kind of hand-painted and sponged whiteware from mid-19th to early 20th C. is British, but it was also very popular with the Dutch!
#maniarchaeology
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December 3, 2023 at 6:01 PM
💅 💐 In US, we assume this kind of hand-painted and sponged whiteware from mid-19th to early 20th C. is British, but it was also very popular with the Dutch!
#maniarchaeology
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#maniarchaeology
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In honor of our talk today, I did a quick #maniarchaeology of 16th C. Spanish coarse earthenware, aka Olive Jar. A textured base and matte topcoat helped match the texture of the original 🏺
September 22, 2023 at 12:58 PM
In honor of our talk today, I did a quick #maniarchaeology of 16th C. Spanish coarse earthenware, aka Olive Jar. A textured base and matte topcoat helped match the texture of the original 🏺