Silas Hurry
Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland

Ceramics in America 2017

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Contents
  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Augustine Herrman, Map of Virginia and Maryland, 1670. 31 1/2 x 37 3/8". (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., MSA SC 5339-1-172.) 

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Detail of the map illustrated in fig. 1, showing the location of St. Mary’s City.

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Costumed interpreters engaged in living history at the Godiah Spray Plantation, Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) 

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    Figure 4

    The Maryland Dove, a full-scale replica of the square-rigged ships that brought settlers to St. Mary’s City. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    The reconstructed brick chapel at Historic St. Mary’s City. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 6

    The reconstructed brick statehouse of 1676. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 7

    Archaeological site, St. Mary’s City, showing foundations of Leonard Calvert’s House, which became the first Statehouse of Maryland. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Alexander Henderson Morrison II.)

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    Figure 8

    Medallion fragment, Westerwald, Germany, ca. 1620. Salt-glazed stoneware. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) Found in the moat surrounding Pope’s Fort.

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    Figure 9

    Ewer, Westerwald, Germany, ca. 1660. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 8 1/8". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 10

    Detail of the ewer illustrated in fig. 9.

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    Figure 11

    Bottle or cruet, Donyatt, England, ca. 1670–1680. Sgrafitto-decorated slipware. H. 3 11/16". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) This view shows the rendering of a swan.

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Reverse view of the vessel illustrated in fig. 11, showing the rendering of a rooster.

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    The Print House in St. Mary’s City following reconstruction, ca. 1675–ca. 1700. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

  • Figure 14
    Figure 14

    Plate fragment, English, 1680–1700. Tin-glazed earthenware. H. 7/8". Hand-painted in cobalt: “[undecipherable] / what . . . ” (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 15

    Merryman plate, one of a set of six, probably Dutch, possibly British, ca. 1684. Tin-glazed earthenware. D. 8 1/8". (Courtesy, Historic Deerfield; photo, Silas D. Hurry.)

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    Figure 16

    Morgan Jones pitcher in situ, St. Mary’s City, 1977. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Garry Wheeler Stone.)

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    Figure 17

    Pitchers, Morgan Jones, St. Mary’s County, Maryland, or Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1661–1680. Lead-glazed earthenware. H. (left to right) 9 5/8", 9 5/8", 9 7/8". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) 

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    Figure 18

    Interior of the St. John’s Site Museum. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 19

    Candlestick fragments, Surrey-Hampshire, England, 1600–1650. Lead-glazed earthenware. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) The top element of this Border Ware candlestick was found in 1974, the bottom in 2003. 

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    Figure 20

    Jug fragment, Westerwald, Germany, dated 1646. Salt-glazed stoneware. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

  • Figure 21
    Figure 21

    Abraham Diepraam (1622–1670), The Barroom (detail), 1665. Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 20 1/2". (Courtesy, Rijksmuseum.)

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    Figure 22

    One of the deflt drinking bowls in situ at the St. John’s site. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Alexander Henderson Morrison II.) 

  • Figure 23
    Figure 23

    Bowls, Northern Netherlands, 1680–1700. Tin-glazed earthenware. D. (left) 3 5/16", (right) 3 1/4". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) These drinking bowls were excavated from redeposited cellar fill at the St. John’s site.

  • Figure 24
    Figure 24

    Tea bowl or coffee cup, Kütahya, Turkey, 1690–1710. Tin-glazed earthenware. D. 2 5/8". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.) This Ottoman-period vessel is from the Garret Van Sweringen site, St. Mary’s City.

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    Figure 25

    Artist’s conception of Van Sweringen’s Inn in 1692. (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; artwork, Leslie Barker, 2006, © Leslie Barker.)

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    Figure 26

    Bowl, Carr China, Grafton, West Virginia, ca. 1911. Vitreous stone china. D. 5". (Courtesy, Historic St. Mary’s City; photo, Donald L. Winter.)

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    Figure 27

    The Atlantic Hotel in Washington, D.C., early twentieth century. (Photo, Mrs. Harry Carroll Dalton.)