Ceramics from the American steamboat Phoenix (1815-1819), and their role in understanding shipboard life /
assemblage. The more elaborately decorated examples of this
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | assemblage. The more elaborately decorated examples of this between Whitehall, New York and St. John, Quebec for five ceramic manufacturing will provide supplemental information. Ceramics from the ship will be illustrated by diagnostic Ceramics recovered from the steamboat Phoenix are used to detail, interpreting the ceramic distribution from the wreck emphasis on differences between urban and rural customers. examination will be developed by categorizing the ceramics examine life aboard an early American passenger steam-driven examples of each category and technical information on exclusively limited to food storage and preparation vessels. Historical accounts describe the ship as a fine vessel inexpensive, mass produced refined earthenware dominates the least one aspect of life, dining styles, the ship was similar outfitted with the finest appointments, a vessel fit for presidents and one which successfully ferried passengers recovered from the wreck and are found to be almost recovered from the wreck, examining each ceramic type in seasons beginning in 1815 and ending in 1819 when it was simple, and how they compared to contemporary life on land. site, and analyzing the contemporary ceramic markets with an teawares. Stoneware and coarse earthenware were also The results of this examination will demonstrate that in at The review of the ceramic artifacts demonstrates that the ship, whether or not these surroundings were luxurious or to contemporary rural homes, inns, or taverns. vessel. The primary goal of the research is to establish virtually destroyed by fire. The framework for this ware (transfer-print and hand-painted) are mostly limited to what general type of surroundings passengers experienced on |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Anthropology". In title, numerals are used. Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 145 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |