The Middleton Place Privy House

APPENDIX IV ARTIFACT CATALOGUE FROM THE MIDDLETON PLACE PRIVY EXCAVATION

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Artifacts No. of Fragments Minimum No. of Whole Items

Ceramics

Porcelain

Undecorated Haviland & Co. plate 9 1

Undecorated saucer, D & Co., Limoges 5 1

Undecorated saucer 6 1

Undecorated plates 17 2

Undecorated platter 13 2

Gold-banded cup 9 1

“Cornflower” pattern tea or bread plate 4 1

Decal-printed tea plate or saucer, hallmark Alice / Austria 5 1

Decal-printed Austrian teacup 11 1

British meat dish, hand-painted oriental design 16 1

Chinese export porcelain serving dishes 4 4

Creamware

Banded Wedgwood sauce tureen 1 1

Undecorated baker 1 1

Whiteware

J & G Alcock “Tyrol” pattern transfer-printed bowl 5 1

Blue transfer-printed mug, rural English scene 6 1

Fragment of blue transfer-printed cup or bowl, bucolic scene 1 1

Undecorated ironstone or graniteware nappy 5 1

Undecorated ironstone or graniteware plates 23 4

Undecorated ironstone or graniteware cup 1 1

Molded white ironstone chamber pot 4 1

English majolica pitcher handle 1 1

Glass Tableware

“Four Band” style pressed glass tumbler 1 1

Fluted pressed glass tumbler 2 1

“Thumbprint” style pressed glass tumbler 5 1

Engraved tumbler, floral design 1 1

Wheel-cut champagne flute glass 2 1

“Almond Thumbprint” pressed wine glass 1 1

“Mascotte” pattern pressed wine glass 1 1

Pressed glass lid 2 1

Cut glass pitcher 9 1

Fluted cut glass decanters 8 2

Free-blown bowls 75 2

Bottles and Jars

Food Containers

Armour & Co. beef extract jar, white milk glass 1 1

Olive oil bottles, aquamarine glass 2 2

American preserve jar, clear glass 4 1

Alcohol Bottles

Palmetto Brewing Co. champagne beer bottle, aquamarine glass 1 1

Export beer bottles, amber glass 2 2

South Carolina Dispensary Jo-Jo flask, clear glass 4 1

South Carolina Dispensary Jo-Jo flask, aquamarine glass 3 1

South Carolina Dispensary cylindrical whiskey bottle, clear glass 2 1

Unembossed Union flasks, amber glass 15 2

Unembossed Union flask, aquamarine glass 1 1

Rhine Wine sample bottle, amber glass 1 1

Dark Green wine or spirits bottles 21 4

Medicine Bottles

Panknin Apothecary plate-molded prescription bottles, French Square shape, clear glass 3 3

Panknin Apothecary plate-molded prescription bottles. Philadelphia oval shape, clear glass 4 4

Unembossed French square prescription bottles, clear glass 20 14

Narrow-mouthed round prescription bottles, clear glass 2 2

Narrow-mouthed round prescription bottles, aquamarine glass 3 3

Narrow-mouthed round prescription bottles, light green glass 1 1

Wide-mouthed round prescription bottles, clear glass 3 3

Unembossed Baltimore oval prescription bottle, clear glass 1 1

Unembossed Philadelphia oval prescription bottles, clear glass 2 2

Unembossed taper neck oval prescription bottles, clear glass 2 2

Neck fragment from round or oval prescription bottle, clear glass 1 1

Paneled pharmacy bottles, clear glass 26 3

Paneled pharmacy bottle aquamarine glass 1 1

Free-blown apothecary vials, aquamarine glass 8 4

Maltine Mf’g Co. bottle, double Philadelphia oval shape, amber glass 1 1

Keasbey & Mattison Bromo-Caffeine bottle, round, cobalt blue 1 1

Rumford Chemical Works Horsford Acid Phosphate bottle, octagonal, blue-green glass 1 1

Bullock & Crenshaw decagonal vial, clear lead glass 1 1

Unidentified embossed French square bottle, amber glass 5 1

Whitall Tatum quilted poison bottle, cobalt blue 1 1

Ointment or Cosmetic Jars

White milk glass patch box with lid 2 1

Aubry Sisters white milk glass screw top ointment pot 1 1

Pharmaceutical Accessories

Corks 2 2

Clear glass Lubin stopper 1 1

Clear glass medicine dropper 2 1

Ink, Glue, and Polish Bottles

Clear glass conical ink bottles, machine-made, Carter’s Ink Co. 1 1

Clear glass cylinder ink bottle, machine-made 1 1

Amber glass conical ink bottle, blow-molded 1 1

Bell mucilage bottle, aquamarine glass 2 1

British brown stoneware blacking or master ink bottle 1 1

Tappan’s Relucent gold and silver polish bottle 1 1

Ink bottle cork 1 1

Lamp Glass

Student lamp chimney 2 1

“Pearl top” and crimped lamp chimney 19 4

Laboratory Glass

Pontil-marked beaker 2 1

Metal

Pewter Spoon 1 1

Brass curtain rings 7 7

Pill box with lid 1 1

Square-cut spike 1 1

Machine-cut nails 4 4

Hand-wrought nails 3 3

Hazel hoe 1 1

Coins

Liberty head quarters 5 5

Liberty head nickel 1 1

Personal Items

French toothbrushes 2 2

Lady’s leather shoe heel 2 1

White clay pipestem 1 1

Other

Isinglass stove windows 3 3

Delft tile fragment 1 1

Terracotta drainpipe fragment 1 1

Window glass 1 1

Slate tile fragment 1 1

TOTAL 473 164