Steven R. Pendery and Marley R. Brown III
Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ceramics in America 2017

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    William Wood, The South part of New-England, as it is Planted this yeare, 1634 (detail), 1635. From William Wood, New Englands Prospect (London, 1634). (Courtesy, Boston Public Library.)

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2016. (Photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Portion of James Hall’s plan of the Miles Standish site (1856), and earthenware artifact tag from the site. Map overall 20 13/16 x 28 11/16". (Courtesy, Pilgrim Hall Museum; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Reconstructing the ca. 1621 Billington House at Plimoth Plantation in 1973. Foreground (left to right): James Deetz, Henry Hornblower, James Blogg, Henry Glassie. (Photo, Steven Pendery.) 

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Native American vessel, Late Woodland period, ca. 1400–1600. Low-fired earthenware. H. 12 3/16". (Courtesy, Massachusetts Archaeological Society; photo, Steven Pendery.) This reconstructed vessel with zone incised decoration, which is being held by David DeMello, was found at the Nemasket site in Middleborough, Massachusetts.

  • Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Pot or jar, Massachusetts, ca. 1650–1700. Lead-glazed earthenware. H. 5 3/4". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Marshfield Historical Commission; photo, Steven Pendery.) 

  • Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Pipkin, Bideford, Barnstaple, or Fremington, North Devon, England, ca. 1635–1650. Gravel-tempered earthenware. H. 6 3/8". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 8
    Figure 8

    Bellarmine, Frechen, Germany, possibly late sixteenth century. H. 8 1/16". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation; photo, Steven Pendery.) A fragment of a Bellarmine with a similar medallion was found in 2012 on the foreshore of the River Thames in London.

  • Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Bellarmine stoneware bottle fragments, ca. 1635–1675. L. of neck 2 3/4". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation; photo, Steven Pendery.) 

  • Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Bottle fragments, possibly Bessin-Cotentin, Lower Normandy, France, seventeenth century. Stoneware. (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Marshfield Historical Commission; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 11
    Figure 11

    Bottle, Dieppe, France, early seventeenth century. Stoneware. H. 9 1/2". (Courtesy, Musée de Dieppe; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Salt, Southwark, London, England, ca. 1650–1680. White tin-glazed earthenware. H. 6". (Courtesy, Pilgrim Hall Museum.) Associated with the family of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. 

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    Hispano-Moresque copper luster plate, probably Manises, Valencia, Spain, ca. 1650–1700. Tin-glazed earthenware. D. 7". (Courtesy, Pilgrim Hall Museum; photo, Steven Pendery.) 

  • Figure 14
    Figure 14

    Plate fragment, Portugal, ­seventeenth century. Tin-glazed earth­enware. H. 9/16". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation; photo, Steven Pendery.) Semicircular or floral decoration covered the area beneath the banded marley. This fragment was recovered from the ca. 1650–1700 Josiah Winslow site in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

  • Figure 15
    Figure 15

    Semicircular design motif of a Portuguese faiança plate found in Brazil, most likely the same design as represented on the sherd illustrated in fig. 14. (Illustration by Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 16
    Figure 16

    Porringer fragment, Massachusetts, ca. 1700. Slip-decorated red earthenware. H. 2 9/16". (Courtesy, National Park Service; photo, Steven Pendery.) 

  • Figure 17
    Figure 17

    A selection of chamber pots from a ca. 1835 privy assemblage at site C13A in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts. Foreground, delftware; center, redware; background, creamware. (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Harold and Harriet Nathanson; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 18
    Figure 18

    Plimoth Plantation curator Kate Ness examines vessels from a ca. 1835 privy fill excavated at Site C13A in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Harriet and Harold Nathanson; photo, Steven Pendery.)

  • Figure 19
    Figure 19

    Stilts or tripods, Stephen Bradford pottery, Kingston, Massachusetts, ca. 1837–1853. Earthenware. L. (right) 3 15/16". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Jones River Historical Society; photo, Steven Pendery.) These pieces, which were recovered in 1996, were used to support wares in the kiln.

  • Figure 20
    Figure 20

    Trough-shaped setting-tile fragments, Stephen Bradford pottery, Kingston, Massachusetts, ca. 1837–1853. Earthenware with patches of lead glaze. (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation and Jones River Historical Society; photo, Steven Pendery.) Pans were nested vertically, with their rims set on the raised edge of the tile to prevent slippage and to control the flow of liquefied lead glaze.

  • Figure 21
    Figure 21

    Sugar drip jars, nineteenth-century. Earthenware. H. 19 11/16". (Courtesy, Plimoth Plantation; photo, Ted Avery.)