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Figure 68. — English delftvvare: a, 1 7th- and early 18th-century sherds; b, blue-and-white 

 sherd of the first half of the 18th century; c, polychrome fragments, third quarter of the 

 1 8th century; d, ointment pots with pink body, 18th century. 



were making "dipped white stoneware" by 1710,'"^ 

 it does not seem to ha\c occurred generally until about 

 1725. Salt glaze was applied in the same manner as 

 on the earlier and coarser stonewares. Mugs in this 

 ware were banded with an iron-oxide slip, presumably 

 to cover up defects around the rims. 



Several sherds of this drab stoneware were found at 

 Marlborough, including the base of a jug with curving 

 sides and pieces of tall mugs with brown rims (USNM 

 59.1893, fig. 67b, ill. 25)^ The body is characteris- 

 tically tjray. while the slip, although sometimes dull 



'■^ VV. B. Honey, "English Salt Glazed Stoneware," [abstract] 

 English Ceramic Circle Transactions (London, 1933), no. 1. p. 14. 



white, is usually a pleasant cream tone. Two sherds 

 were found beneath the flagstones around the north 

 porch of Structure B, where they probal)ly fell before 

 1746 (USNM 59.1754). 



One of the Burslem stoneware potters between 1710 

 and 1715 made what he called "freckled ware."'** 

 Possibly this describes a sherd of a thin-walled mug 

 from Marlborough (USNM 59.1636) which is coated 

 with white slip inside and is finely speckled, or 

 "freckled," in brown on the outside. Its body is the 

 ffrav of the drai) stoneware, but w itii a hiffh content of 



Ibid. 



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