THE MIDDLETON PLACE PRIVY HOUSE
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL VIEW OF NINETEENTH CENTURY PLANTATION LIFE
Helen Woolford Haskell
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
POPULAR SERIES 1
Columbia, South Carolina
September, 1981
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- List of Figures iv
- Acknowledgments vi
- A brief history of Middleton Place 1
- Archeology at Middleton Place 8
- Pottery and porcelain 12
- Glass tableware 24
- Glass manufacture in the United States 29
- Medicine Bottles 34
- Wine and spirits bottles 39
- Beer bottles 40
- South Carolina dispensary bottles 43
- Food containers 45
- Bottles made after 1900 47
- Lamp glass 49
- Laboratory glass 52
- Conclusions 54
- Appendix I—Ceramic manufacturer’s marks 56
- Appendix II—Significant dates in the American Glass Industry 58
- Appendix III—Marks left by different techniques of bottle manufacture 62
- Appendix IV—Artifact catalogue from the Middleton Place privy excavation 64
- Bibliography 73
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LIST OF FIGURES
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- FIGURE 1: Locator map of Middleton Place 3
- FIGURE 2: British-made white ironstone or granite china, 1891-1900 13
- FIGURE 3: Chinese export porcelain 14
- FIGURE 4: French Bourbon Sprig or Cornflower porcelain 15
- FIGURE 5: English porcelain platter 16
- FIGURE 6: Creamware sauce tureen 17
- FIGURE 7: Light blue transfer-printed serving bowl 19
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