Sara A. Hahn
The John Dortch Site: Anglo Elegance on the Spanish Louisana Frontier

Ceramics in America 2004

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Jug sherds, Liverpool, ca. 1785–1790. Creamware. (Photos, courtesy Coastal Environments, Inc.) The transfer print commemorates the Revolutionary War with the “Success to the United States of America” pattern.

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Fragments of hand-painted polychrome vessels found at the Dortch site, Staffordshire, ca. 1795–1799. Pearlware.

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Hand-painted blue teawares, Staffordshire, ca. 1780–1799. Pearlware. Scale is in inches and centimeters

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Transfer-printed blue wares from the Dortch site, Staffordshire, ca. 1790–1799. Pearlware. The sherd at the upper left was fashioned into a gaming piece.

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Flower bowl, England, eighteenth century. Tin-glazed earthenware. Examples of English delft are rarely found on Louisiana sites. Scale is in inches and centimeters.