CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 2

KINGSTON, NORFOLK ISLAND

1780s-ca1807

Robert V J P Varman Ph D

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Plate or bowl rim. sccCEP10.gif

Plate fragment. Similar plate rims (this one not complete) found at the Phillipsburgh site, Cascade. sccCEP12.html

Plate fragment. sccCEP11.gif

Bowl fragment. The blue band and golden stars originated in wares specially ordered for the USA and typical of the 1790s, according to some. Later applied to other wares, it would seem, as I have excavated similar on several early Australian sites as well. Also recovered from the Phillipsburgh site. sccCEP13.gif

Painted overglaze, nearly always on white surfaced porcelain (blue painted wares usually have a bluish or greenish-blue surface). The painted figures are often water soluable, so care must be taken when cleaning such excavated wares. Where paint has been lost, there is often a shadow or scar of the former design left on the surface. sccCEP14.html

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