Chinese Porcelain. (Box 1)

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1 1 Chinese Porcelain (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. It is hard to be sure when the shards are so small but based on the evidence from the other 18 th century pottery in the same contexts the Chinese shards should date from the earlier end to the middle of the Qianlong , but some look to the author if they could be a bit earlier, Yongzheng or from the Kangxi Illustration courtesy of Jan-Erik Nilsson gotheborg.com (No 1-1) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Base Diam Marked Illus No 1035 Saucer 1 1 One small shard from the basal angle of a Chinese porcelain saucer decorated on its interior with a small stylized cobalt blue flower. Shard 43mm in length

2 2 (No 1-2) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Base Diam Marked Illus No 1035 Bowl 1 2 One small shard from the basal angle of a Chinese Ch ien Lung period porcelain bowl decorated on its interior with dark cobalt blue painting. Deep foot rim (No 1-3) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Base Diam Marked Illus No 1111 Saucer/dish 2 c. 100mm 3 Two conjoining shards from a small painted Chinese porcelain saucer dish decorated with dark cobalt blue stylized flowers. Shard Length 95mm

3 3 (No 1-4) 1139 Teabowl. S. P 3 40mm 80 & 34mm 4 Three shards of which two conjoin from a small cobalt underglaze painted Chinese porcelain teabowl, painted on its interior below its rim with a frieze and on its exterior with a tree rocks and foliage. Brown painted rim. (No 1-5) 1139 Teabowl. S. P 7 40mm 70mm 34mm 5 Seven conjoining shards from a small cobalt painted Chinese porcelain teabowl, decorated on its interior with a small dark blue open flower and below its rim with a frieze. The exterior has traces of a painted bamboo clump.

4 4 (No 1-6) 1139 Teabowl. S. 2 6 Two shards from a small Chinese porcelain teabowl with an everted rim decorated underglaze on its interior with dark blue flowers and foliage and on its exterior with a brown wash in the so-called Batavian style. These wares are thought to have been produced mainly for the Dutch market but a number of shards have recently been recovered from excavations in Scotland; for example at the salt and porcelain producing site of West Pans (Haggarty 2006, Folder 9, Word File 1, illus 629), the salt works at Brora, Haggarty in preparation and Stirling Castle seen by the author in Historic Scotland s store. At one time thought to be Kangxi , it is now known that they had a long life span as examples with a variety of painted decoration have been recovered from the wreck of the Ca Mau a shipwreck dated to (Nguyén 2003), and the Geldermalsen, wrecked in 1752 (Sheaf & Kilburn 1988, 114). (No 1-7) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Base Diam Marked Illus No 1139 Small bowl. 1 c. 50mm 7 One shard from the basal angle of a probable Chinese porcelain bowl decorated on its exterior with cobalt scrolls? Deep foot rim

5 5 (No 1-8) 1139 Saucer. P 4 18mm 120 & 72mm 8 Four shards, conjoining to form a fragment from a Chinese porcelain famille-rose saucer, decorated on its interior with a large peony and foliage in and rose and green enamels. Traces of gilding (No 1-9) 1139 Plate 1 9 One small shard from a Chinese Ch ien Lung period porcelain plate decorated with cobalt blue painted friezes on its rim and shoulder between which is a flower. It also has a fine brown rim band and small hole possibly from a rivet repair. Shard length 42mm

6 6 (No 1-10) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1139 Bowl 1 220mm? 10 One rim shard from a Chinese porcelain bowl decorated with thick green enamel within thin black painted foliage. (No 1-11) 1160 Teabowl. S. P 3 50mm 75 & 34mm 11 Three conjoining shards from a small cobalt painted Chinese porcelain teabowl, decorated on its interior with a small dark blue flower and on its exterior with what may be a simple continuous stylized band of flowers and foliage. Touch of brown on rim.

7 7 (No 1-12) 1162 Teabowl & 46mm 12 Three small shards which may be from the same small cobalt blue painted Chinese porcelain teabowl decorated on both surfaces with painted hatched leaves and flowers in dark blue pots. (No 1-13) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1162 Teabowl 1 c. 80mm 13 One rim and body shard from a very small and thinly potted Chinese porcelain teabowl, with an everted rim. It has been decorated on its exterior with what may be very small crudely painted stylized islands almost like Chinese characters floating in water? The interior has two finely painted bands.

8 8 (N0 1-14) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1162 Teabowl 1 c. 80mm 14 One small rim shard, from a small Chinese porcelain teabowl decorated with a fine brown rim and on its interior with a crude cobalt blue frieze. (No 1-15) 1162 Teabowl 1 15 One shard from a small cobalt painted Chinese porcelain teabowl with an everted rim, painted on its exterior with stylized bamboo and flower and on its interior with a crude freeze.

9 9 (No 1-16) 1162 Saucer 2 16 Two conjoining rim shards from a Chinese porcelain saucer decorated with a simple iron red frieze on its interior. (No 1-17) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1162 Cup/can 2 c. 80mm 17 Two conjoining shards from a Chinese Ch ien Lung period porcelain cup or can decorated on its exterior with a light brown wash around a vignette containing painted flowers in black, white, rose, green, brown and yellow enamels.

10 10 (No 1-18) 1162 Teabowls 4 18 Four small shards of Chinese Ch ien Lung period porcelain from more than one teabowl all decorated with blue cobalt painting. (No 1-19) 1220 Saucer. P 2 26mm c. 100 & 60mm 19 Three shards of which two conjoin from a Chinese porcelain saucer, decorated with flowers and a frieze in Imari colours (iron red and blue).

11 11 (No 1-20) 1220 Tea bowl 1 20 One tiny shard from the rim of a Chinese porcelain teabowl decorated on its interior with a frieze and on its exterior with a black, green, yellow and rose coloured flower. There is also a trace of gilding. Shard length 22mm No 1-21) 1220 Saucer 1 21 One shard from a Chinese porcelain saucer whose decoration includes a figure painted in a range of enamels which includes black, green, orange, rose and yellow. There are also traces of gilding. Shard length 41mm

12 12 (No 1-22) 1220 Saucer 1 22 One small shard from a Chinese Ch ien Lung period porcelain saucer decorated with a gnarled tree in iron red. Shard length 52mm (No 1-23) 1220 Various 5 Five undecorated shards of Chinese porcelain which may be from one of the vessels catalogued above? Not illustrated

13 1 White Salt Glazed Stoneware (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. (No 2-1) 1139 Bowl. P 17 77mm & 82mm 23 Seventeen white salt glazed stoneware shards conjoining to form a complete thinly thrown bowl decorated below its rim and middle with thin lath cut bands. The vessel is misshapen to the point of its rim almost being oval. Above its footrim is a band of heavy scaring from a ring stilt.

14 2 (No 2-2) 1139 Teapot. P mm 66 & 84mm 24 a & b Fourteen white salt glazed stoneware shards conjoining to form the body and simple handle of a bullet shaped teapot. It has been decorated with two fine lath cut bands above its expanded footrim and its shoulder. Its strainer comprises five random crudely punched 5mm holes. (No 2-3) (3shards from context 1139 and 4 from 1160) 1139/60 Mug. P 7 82mm 81 & 54mm 25 Seven shards conjoining to form a large fragment from a small white saltglazed stoneware baluster shaped mug with handle scar. It has been decorated below its everted rim with two bands of fine lath cutting. The footrim has is slightly out turned bead and must have been a second as it has a large lump of kiln debris sticking to the centre of its interior.

15 3 (No 2-4) (3shards from context 1139 and 3 from 1160) 1139/60 Plate. P 6 20mm 200 & 120mm 26 Six shards conjoining to form a large fragment from small white saltglazed stoneware plate with a moulded border of the (dot, diaper and basket pattern). There is evidence for a rim crack being riveted in antiquity. (No 2-5) (2shard from context 1139 and 2from 1162) 1139/62 Sauceboat 4 27 Four shards of which 2 and 2 conjoin and almost certainly from the same moulded white saltglazed stoneware sauceboat with dolphin and shell foot

16 4 (No 2-6) 1139 Cup. P 5 64mm 85 & 55mm 28 Five white salt glazed shards of which three and two conjoin to form two fragments from what is probably a cup. It is in what looks like the later London shape, being carinated above its base. It has been decorated with a fine lath cut band below its rim and its footrims is slightly out turned ending in a bead. (No 2-7) (5 shards from context 1139 and 9 from 1162) 1139/ 62 C/pot. P mm 183 & 120mm 29 Fourteen white saltglazed stoneware shards of which eleven conjoin to form the complete profile of a small chamberpot

17 5 (No 2-8) 1139 Bowls 27 Various 30-70mm. The interior of one base shard has some reddish ash glaze. Twenty seven white saltglazed stoneware shards, two rims, five bases and nineteen body; from a minimum of six small bowls. The base diameters vary from 61mm down to 42mm which is probably a teabowl. The two rim shards are slightly everted and have a diameter of 150mm and (No 2-9) Context Vessel Type Shards Diam Width Marked Illus No 1139 Various mm 10, 22 & 25mm 31 Six white saltglazed handle shards of which three conjoin from four different vessels; one crude round handle (see teapot above), with a variable 8-12mm diameter has been pulled; The other three are reeded straps with a width of 10, 22 & 25mm and these have been extruded.

18 6 (No 2-10) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1152 Plate. P 1 19mm 240mm 32 One rim and body shard from a plain thrown white saltglazed stoneware plate (No 2-11) 1162 Saucer. P 4 30mm 120 & 60mm 33 Four shards of which three conjoin from a small white saltglazed stoneware saucer

19 7 (No 2-12) 1162 Teabowl. S. P 2 42mm 78 & 37mm 34 Two shards from a very small white saltglazed stoneware teabowl (No 2-13) 1162 Bowl. P 7 85mm 145 & 82mm 35 Seven white saltglazed stoneware shards conjoining to form a large fragment and complete profile of a bowl

20 8 (No 2-14) 1162 Bowl & 78mm 36 Eight white saltglazed stoneware shards of which three and three conjoin forming fragments of a bowl in a slightly darker buff colour. (No 2-15) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Diam Marked Illus No 1162? 1 6mm 11mm 37 One tiny mushroom shaped knop from a white saltglazed stoneware vessel

21 9 (No 2-16) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1162 Plate 1 c. 222mm 38 One white saltglazed stoneware rim shard from a plate with a serrated edge (No 2-17) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1162 Bowls & 80mm 39 Fourteen shards of which three conjoin form a number of small bowls. Three of the bowls including a teabowl have been decorated with either one or two cut bands beneath their rims.

22 10 (No 2-18) 1220 Saucer. P 5 30mm 140 & 90mm 40 Five shards of which two and two conjoin from a small white saltglazed stoneware saucer (No 2-19) (LRW 03) Finds from New Trench 1 7/5 (5913) Context Vessel Type Shards Height Rim Diam Marked Illus No 1220 Plate 1 41 a & b One rim shard from a moulded white salt glazed stoneware plate in the barley pattern. Both the top and underside of this shard show evidence for stacking in the kiln by the use of distinctive saddle stilts see example below. To date these have only been discovered at the sites of the Old Kirk and Bankfoot potteries in Prestonpans (Haggarty ).

23 1 Scratch Blue Decorated: White Saltglazed Stoneware (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. The technique of scratch blue decoration on white salt glazed stoneware was developed in 1740, by which time a thinly potted and durable body had been perfected. It lasted into the 1780s during which time two distinctive decorative patterns were in vogue. One was a stylistic, geometric type of design and two was a primitive stylized floral and leaf design occasionally incorporating a bird or animal. The floral and leaf motifs probably replaced the geometric quite early on. (No 3-1) 1139 Bowl. P 1 53mm 110 & 52mm 42 One shard from a small thinly made white salt glazed stoneware bowl decorated with a scratch blue, stylistic, geometric swag like design on its exterior and simple small swags on its interior. These were made using a three toothed implement. The bowl also has a circle of stacking scars, on its base, inside its footrim, from a stacking ring.

24 2 (No 3-2) 1139 Bowl 4 120mm + 43 Four conjoining shards from the rim and body of a small white salt glazed stoneware bowl decorated on its exterior with a scratch blue floral and leaf stylized band below a band of chevron rouletting and on its interior below its rim with a band of simple shallow swags. (No 3-3) 1139 Teabowls. S 5 44mm c. 80 & 33mm 44 Four shards of which two conjoin from two or three very small thinly made white salt glazed stoneware teabowls decorated on their exterior with bands of floral and leaf stylized scratch blue, below bands of left and right facing chevron rouletting.

25 3 (No 3-4) 1220 Bowls 3 45 Three base shards from three white salt glazed stoneware bowls all with scratch blue decoration. (No 3-2) 1220 Teabowl 1 46 One rim shard from a small thinly made white salt glazed stoneware teabowl decorated on its exterior with a band of stylized scratch blue floral and leaf blue flowers? below a band of chevron rouletting.

26 1 Creamware (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. (No 4-1) 1139 Teapots 2 70mm 47 Two creamware shards from the rim and cover of a teapot decorated with sponged or ragged Wheildon colours. (No 4-2) 1160 Vase mm & 140mm 48 Twenty one shards of which 7, 3 and 2 conjoin from what seems to be a pedestal vase; top left rim and body, top right and bottom shards from the base. The shards are decorated with feather edge and feather moulding.

27 2 (No 4-3) 1220 Mug Twelve creamware shard from a mug; decorated below its rim and above its base with a band of rouletting. Some of the body shards show evidence for broad shallow, lath cut bands and the handle has a sprigged terminal. (No 4-4) 1220 Teabowl. S 4 & 40mm 50 Four small creamware shards probably from the same small teabowl

28 3 (No 4-5) 1220 Bowl & 74mm 51 Thirty six creamware shards which conjoin to form a substantial fragment of a bowl decorated with a band of green over fine lath cut bands below its rim. Below this the body has been decorated with joggled light and dark slips.

29 1 Pearlware (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. (No 5-1) 1139 Bowls Ten shards of which two and two conjoin from two pearlware bowls similarly decorated with cobalt blue hand painting and loose sponging. One of the bowls has a blue painted band on its interior below its rim.

30 1 Cane coloured Banded Bowls (Box 1) KEY P Complete profile L Large S Small Context Context or contexts from which the ceramic material was recovered. Unique Cit of Edinburgh Accession Number Photographs of complete vessels used for comparative purposes have been given identifiable letters beginning with A. (No 6-1) 3002 Bowl Two conjoining shards in a cane coloured body decorated with nine narrow white bands spaced in three groups of three.

31 2 (No 6-2) 3002 Bowl One rim shard in a cane coloured body decorated with two groups of narrow white bands and one black. (No 6-3) 3003 Bowl. 55 One rim shard in a cane coloured body decorated with two groups of narrow white bands and one black.

32 3 (No 6-4) 3003 Bowl mm 56 Fourteen thick late pearlware shards of which a number conjoin to form fragments of a London shaped bowl decorated with dark brown and light blue banding and poor worming in the same colours.