. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ' Vt <! I '* « Figure 68.âEnglish delftvvare: a, 17th- and early 18th-century sherds; b, blue-and-white sherd of the first half of the 18th century; c, polychrome fragments, third quarter of the 18th century; d, ointment pots with pink body, 18th century. were making "dipped white stoneware" by 1710,'"^ it does not seem to ha\c occurred generally until about 1725. Salt glaze was applied in the same manner as on the earlier and coarser stonewares. Mugs in this ware were banded with an iron-oxide slip, presumably to cover up
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ' Vt <! I '* « Figure 68.âEnglish delftvvare: a, 17th- and early 18th-century sherds; b, blue-and-white sherd of the first half of the 18th century; c, polychrome fragments, third quarter of the 18th century; d, ointment pots with pink body, 18th century. were making "dipped white stoneware" by 1710,'"^ it does not seem to ha\c occurred generally until about 1725. Salt glaze was applied in the same manner as on the earlier and coarser stonewares. Mugs in this ware were banded with an iron-oxide slip, presumably to cover up defects around the rims. Several sherds of this drab stoneware were found at Marlborough, including the base of a jug with curving sides and pieces of tall mugs with brown rims (USNM , fig. 67b, ill. 25)^ The body is characteris- tically tjray. while the slip, although sometimes dull 'â ^ VV. B. Honey, "English Salt Glazed Stoneware," [abstract] English Ceramic Circle Transactions (London, 1933), no. 1. p. 14. white, is usually a pleasant cream tone. Two sherds were found beneath the flagstones around the north porch of Structure B, where they probal)ly fell before 1746 (USNM ). One of the Burslem stoneware potters between 1710 and 1715 made what he called "freckled ;'** Possibly this describes a sherd of a thin-walled mug from Marlborough (USNM ) which is coated with white slip inside and is finely speckled, or "freckled," in brown on the outside. Its body is the ffrav of the drai) stoneware, but w itii a hiffh content of Ibid. 134. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. o
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