#annular ware

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Chamber pots were used for indoor toilet needs. These two annular ware pearlware chamber pots were excavated at a historic site in Prairie du Chien and date to circa 1830. They were reconstructed after excavation, and one handle and both covers are missing. The banding on the pots is what is called annular ware design, and the main decoration is a seaweed pattern.

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One brown, white, and orange annular ware waste bowl was found during 2006 excavations of an early 1830s-1840s privy in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It has alternating white and orange stripes below the rim and near the base, with brown and white stripes alternating in a wavy pattern in the main part of the bowl. The base is white. This bowl is about 3¼ inches tall and 6¼ inches in diameter at the rim and is probably circa 1840 whiteware. No maker’s mark or stamp is evident.

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This Annular Ware Whiteware Pitcher (with Earthworm Design) was found during 2006 excavations of an early 1830s-1840s privy in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Near the rim it has brown, dull green, brown, and white bands, and below those it has a large, dark yellowish brown band with a brown/blue/white/yellow earthworm design. Near the base are additional brown, dull green, and brown bands. This pitcher stands about 6 inches high and is probably early whiteware dating to around 1830.

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This chamber pot has brown and white annular ware stripes and measures about 5½ inches tall, 9 inches in diameter at the rim, and 5¼ inches in diameter at the base. Yellowware chamber pots were sold both with and without lids, and some had handles. They were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s (Leibowitz 2002:83). This yellowware chamber pot has a broken handle, and whether it had a cover is unknown. Recovered during the 2006 excavation of an early 1840s into the 1860s privy in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.   

Leibowitz, Joan 2002 Yellow Ware, The Transitional Ceramic. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pennsylvania.