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

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

The information contained in this booklet is a partial synopsis of archeological reports published by the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, as Numbers 148 and 174 of the Research Manuscript Series. For a detailed treatment of the history and archeology of Middleton Place, and a complete listing of bibliographic sources, the reader is referred to Middleton Place: initial archeological investigations at an Ashley River rice plantation by Kenneth E. Lewis and Donald L. Hardesty (1979), and The Middleton Place privy: disposal behavior and the archeological record by Kenneth E. Lewis and Helen W. Haskell (1981). General reference works on historical archeology and artifacts are listed below.

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