Type: Marine Ware

Name, Origin, Date

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Marine Ware

Unknown/

1700-1775 CE

Historic (Spanish Colo...

Earlier/Alternative Names

General Information

This term has been used in Florida to describe a coarse earthenware covered with a green undecorated tin enamel in utilitarian forms. Examples have been noted in the collections of St. Augustine and Havana. A similar undecorated variety has been noted in the collections from Panama Vieja, possibly made locally during the seventeenth century.


This description of Marine Ware comes from the Historical Archaeology DIgital Ceramic Types Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Detail Attributes

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Morphological Attributes

bacin, storage jar

Technological Attributes

Paste is orange to bro...

Vessels are covered...

Vessels  0

Break Photos  0

Petrographic Samples  0

Description

Paste is orange to brownish red-colored with coarse sand temper. Vessels are covered with a smooth, thick, mint-green enamel, usually undecorated.

Associated Wares/Ware Families

Majolica


Associated Petrofabrics

Associated Kilns/Workshops

Bibliography

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  1. Carl J. Clausen. " The Fort Pierce collection" in Tallahassee: Division of Archives, History and Records Management. Florida Dept. of State, 1970

Discussion/Acknowledgements

Deagan 2002 was also listed on the FLMNH website, but the bibliographic information was not provided.