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    Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

    ...even some pewter, silver and a fine textile or two.


    Over next couple of months I'm going to post images to the civilian forum of important pieces from several large local collections. Some have been displayed here before, some are new even to the collecting community. Some will have very detailed copy; others just dimensions, circa dates and pedigree.


    For the time being please view them here. …
    http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/...hp?albumid=122 , a more manageable setting until all the sources are added and the proof reading is complete. Any questions, comments and critiques are gladly welcome.


    One section will soon be devoted to pieces rebuilt from artifacts recovered primarily from North & South Carolina and Virginia. Some will be complete original artifacts that mirror shards recovered from numerous sites. My goal is to include images from those of you that have material you wish to share and build a strong database for all of us to reference. Because of the frugality of the times we study, the pieces will reflect every decade from English settlement to war's end.









    Last edited by Vuhginyuh; 11-29-2009, 04:44 PM.
    B. G. Beall (Long Gone)
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    Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

    I would also like to enlist the services of a moderator that can help with the uniformity of the images.
    B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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    • #3
      Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

      Garrison,

      Contact Eric Tipton. He is our graphics administrator and will be able to help you.
      Matt Woodburn
      Retired Big Bug
      WIG/GHTI
      Hiram Lodge #7, F&AM, Franklin, TN
      "There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

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      • #4
        Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

        This is the kind of research that makes this site so valuable. The images on your member page are professional archaeologist's quality, and the background information is a great education. Thanks for sharing your expertise and collection, Garrison!
        Last edited by KathyBradford; 11-30-2009, 10:29 AM.

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        • #5
          Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

          You are too kind Kathy. They just gather dust at the moment, I figured it was time to put them to use. Last weeks turkey was presented on the 6th Infantry platter. The green edged Davenport pictured above (with the shard) held shucked oysters on the huntboard.
          B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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          • #6
            Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

            Garrison,

            Thanks for posting these beautiful examples of the material world of the past. As I also live with antiques (in fact I don't own any chairs from post-1865, several members on this forum know my love of historic chairs) I say three cheers for using your platter for turkey.
            Sincerely,
            Emmanuel Dabney
            Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society
            http://www.agsas.org

            "God hasten the day when war shall cease, when slavery shall be blotted from the face of the earth, and when, instead of destruction and desolation, peace, prosperity, liberty, and virtue shall rule the earth!"--John C. Brock, Commissary Sergeant, 43d United States Colored Troops

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            • #7
              Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

              Emmanuel, I'll slide the hunt-board I mentioned on here too. Anyone that appreciates chairs will love that board. It's a ca. 1800 local piece with at least three different woods used in it's construction.

              I'll also keep a line out for one of the Anti-Slavery bisqueware pitchers you commented on. They were more popular in Britain and the Continent than here but they do show up on our side occasionally. The “treacle” glazed examples are fetching 800 plus but a well used and slightly stained bisque, like the example I posted, can be had for a fraction of that.
              B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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              • #8
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                Garrison...thank you so much for posting the photos of your collection. I must ask, are you a "digger".? I have a brother in law that has lived is entire live in the Louisana lowlands. Years ago when he was younger and stronger, he and a friend "dug" in many parts of New Orleans and Houma,La. He has a magnificent collection of artifacts; all of which were dug from backk yards where the outhouse once stood. I do have photos of some of his collection and he actually gave me a dug oyster tin,ink well, and beer bottle, ca. 1850-60s. Some pieces were broken and some were amazingly intact. He has several huge glass jars,"onion bottle" shape,wrapped in wicker...one is approx. 2ft. across!! There is a wide assortment of pottery,tin,glass, all in amazing condition! I wish I'd taken more photos of his collection when I had the chance. My sister in law was amazed that he let me in the room,LOL (the inner sactum)

                End of story...just wondered if you have ever "dug" for items. He says New Orleans backyards are still full of artifacts waiting to be dug, but he's too old to do it. And I understand there is an entire net work of people in this hobby????

                Regards
                Vivian Murphy
                http://www.themantuamaker.net

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                • #9
                  Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                  A digger of sorts, but the neatly hewn square holes and mountain of paperwork type.
                  Last edited by Vuhginyuh; 12-01-2009, 01:40 AM.
                  B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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                  • #10
                    Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                    Garrison, look away for a minute because I don't want to embarrass you.

                    Vivian, Garrison is being modest. He's a third-generation archaeologist who was taught by both his grandfather and father from childhood, and then he excelled at some of the finest formal education available anywhere. He knows things that only constant exposure here and abroad can teach, and he's held more real history in his hands than I've seen in countless museums. Both the artifacts and the knowledge he shares are genuine.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                      "A digger of sorts, but the neatly hewn square holes and mountain of paperwork type. " Here here.
                      Its all about context. Any shovel that is struck into the earth to reveal an object should come with it at least 3 pages and maybe a Munsell color chart...
                      Keep up the good work Garrison.
                      Drew

                      "God knows, as many posts as go up on this site everyday, there's plenty of folks who know how to type. Put those keyboards to work on a real issue that's tied to the history that we love and obsess over so much." F.B.

                      "...mow hay, cut wood, prepare great food, drink schwitzel, knit, sew, spin wool, rock out to a good pinch of snuff and somehow still find time to go fly a kite." N.B.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                        The mathematical formula is one hour of digging in one square is equivalent to eight hours of paper work. I hate math.

                        Thanks Drew, but yall aint getting a soil analysis. I may post readings from the Profanity Meter, especially those sites involved with heavy rain and 2 AM trips to the move pumps.
                        Last edited by Vuhginyuh; 12-01-2009, 01:53 PM. Reason: corrected my "maff"
                        B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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                          Sir and Ma'am, my comments may not add to this thread but all this talk of digging dirt, old chairs,out houses, onion jars, the serendipity of found things has brought up a memory. If I may share....., we had a family vacation which included my mother in law. Returning from the OBX we made a stop around Bentonville, N.C. As we toured the Harper House site my mother in law took a seat in a ladder back chair in the front room. Gently our guide asked her refrain from sitting in the chair to which she said "I have one like it at home". Our guide let her know if everyone sat on this chair it would not last long. I am sure she did not think much of this notion. She did go sit on the front porch steps for the rest of the tour.
                          We have her old chair now and take good care of it.

                          Garrison, will be looking forward to more of your finds.
                          Mel Hadden, Husband to Julia Marie, Maternal Great Granddaughter of
                          Eben Lowder, Corporal, Co. H 14th Regiment N.C. Troops (4th Regiment N.C. Volunteers, Co. H, The Stanly Marksmen) Mustered in May 5, 1861, captured April 9, 1865.
                          Paternal Great Granddaughter of James T. Martin, Private, Co. I, 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Senior Reserves, (76th Regiment N.C. Troops)

                          "Aeterna Numiniet Patriae Asto"

                          CWPT
                          www.civilwar.org.

                          "We got rules here!"

                          The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

                          Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the most part contributations by Union and Confederate officers

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                            Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                            I just strolled through your album of pots on your profile page. You've added some great descriptions, and I especially enjoyed the explanation of generational names associated with the pewter. We're so accustomed to Jr., I, II, III, IV, etc. I had never heard of the description you presented. Fascinating! Thanks again for both the history and the pictures.



                            I'm especially appreciative of IV

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                            • #15
                              Re: Pots, Bowls, Dishes, glassware, etc

                              Originally posted by KathyBradford View Post
                              ...the explanation of generational names associated with the pewter. We're so accustomed to Jr., I, II, III, IV, etc. I had never heard of the description you presented...
                              I just now added a note to that very thing.
                              B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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