TERMINUS POST Q U E M L I S T
Washington College Archaeology
Amunition
1871
1866
1852
1850
1846
1814
Bottle necked cartridges
Rim fire cartridges
Mini balls
Shotgun cartridges, center fire
Brass or copper cartridge cases
Percussion caps
Ceramics
1891
1884
1880
1880
1875
1870
1862
1861
1850
1845
1840
1840
1830
1830
1828
1820
1820
1810
1810
1810
1805
1805
1800
1800
1800
1795
1795
1795
1790
1790
1788
"Made in..." as part of mark
"Rd. No...." as part of mark
Decalomania printed pattern
Liquid gold gilding, bright gold
Ivory body, introduced by Spode
Japanese style patterns, transfer printed
"Trade mark" as part of mark
"Ltd" as part of mark
"Royal" as part of mark
White granite or undecorated ironstone
Sponged decoration
Flow blue transfer printed patterns
Yellow ware, American
Polychrome transfer printed patterns
Red, green, or purple transfer printed patterns
Whiteware
Embossed edge ware
Underglaze black and brown transfer printing
Printed marks, including the pattern name
Stippling in transfer printed wares
Stone China introduced
Albany slip
Royal Coat of Arms as part of pottery mark
English Bone China
Canton Porcelain, Chinese Export
Underglaze painted pearlware
Mocha
Willow pattern, transfer print
Lustre glaze, English
Dipped Creamware, (i.e. annular ware, common cable)
B ennington ware
1787
1780
1776
1775
1775
1768
1765
1765
1763
1762
1759
1755
1750
1750
1750
1750
1745
1745
1744
1740
1740
1740
1740
1740
1732
1730
1730
1725
1720
1720
1720
1715
1710
1700
1700
1700
1690
1690
1690
1685
1670
1660
1650
1650
1650
Underglaze transfer print on earthenware
Underglaze blue and green shell edge decoration
Pearlware
Debased Rouen Faience in Williamsburg
Light colored Creamware
English hard paste porcelain
Debased scratch blue on white saltglazed stoneware
Overglazed painting or printing on Creamware
Engine turned unglazed red stoneware
Creamware
Wedgwood's green glaze
overglazed transfer printed white salt glazed stoneware
Littler's blue
Coarse agate ware
Frazackerly palette on English delftware
Black Basalt ware
Iberian storage jars
English soft paste porcelain
Scratch blue on white salt glazed stoneware
Molded white salt glazed stoneware
Jackfield ware
Whieldon, clouded, tortoiseshell, and mottled glazes
Batavian, Chinese Export porcelain
Refined agate ware
Shaw, brown slipped stoneware
American stoneware
Pedestal-foot delftware ointment pots
Astbury ware, white sprigged and trailed
White salt glazed stoneware
Scratch brown or trailed white salt glazed stoneware
Buckley ware
White slipped salt glazed stoneware
Mimosa pattern on delftware
Nottingham stoneware
Westerwald, stamped blue floral and geometric
English delftware, plain ointment pots with everted rims
Embellished Hohr grey Rhenish stoneware
Refined red stoneware, unglazed and sprigged
English brown stoneware, salt glazed
Famille Rose palette on Chinese Export porcelain
Combed slipware
Chinese Export porcelain in English North America
Rhenish stoneware, sprig molded, combed lines, blue and purple
North Devon, sgraffito slipware
North Devon, gravel tempered ware
1630
1620
1610
Metropolitan slipware
Bellarmine bottles with stylized or grotesque faces, debased
Red marbleized slipware
Glass
1948
1935
1935
1933
1927
1915
1906
1906
1903
1894
1893
1892
1889
1886
1882
ca. 1880
1879
1879
ca. 1875
ca. 1870
ca. 1870
1869
1867
1863
1860
1858
ca. 1850
1845
1825
ca. 1825
ca. 1825
1821
ca. 1750
ca. 1750
ca. 1750
ca. 1750
ca. 1750
1743
ca. 1730
Non-returnable soft drink bottles
Non-returnable light weight beer bottles
Applied color label on commercial containers
"Federal Law prohibits Sale or Reuse of This Bottle" blown in glass
Plastic caps
Hob-skirted Coke bottles
Lug finish on machine-made bottles
Pepsi Cola
Owen's "scar" on machine-made bottles
Coca Cola
Semi-automatic machine-made wide mouth containers
Crown stopper finish
Semi-automatic machine production for narrow mouth containers
Milk bottles
Bail and Yoke Lightening stoppers
Solarized glass, manganese used as whitener
Machine crimped lamp chimney tops
Hutchinson stopper, "blob top"
Vented molds
Hand crimped lamp chimney tops
Turn paste molds
Opaque white canning jar lid liners
Plate molds for embossed lettering on bottles
Lug finish on mold blown jars
Colorless non-lead glass
Screw top canning jars
Snap case held bottles, no pontil scar
Bare iron pontil
Pressed glass
Lipping tool finish
Post bottom molds
Ricketts style three piece mold
Embossed lettering
Two piece hinged bottle mold
Lead glass commercial containers
Cut glass stems on English stemware
Enamel twists in English stemware
Opaque white glass
Dip mold blown English dark green glass bottles
ca.
ca.
ca.
ca.
1725
1690
1670
1650
Air twists in English stemware
Heavy baluster wine glass stems
English lead crystal glass
Mold blown English tableware
Nails
ca. 1850
ca. 1805
ca. 1790
Wire nails
Cut nails, machine headed
Cut nail, hand headed
Miscellaneous
1886
1876
ca. 1860
1846
1846
1901
1895
1865
Barbed wire
Portland cement, not significant amounts until 1899
Kerosene lamp burners and chimneys
Wood screws with gimlet points
Handmade glass marbles
Machine made glass marbles
Machine made electric light bulbs
Glass electrical insulators with internal threads
Plastics and Rubber
ca. 1961
1958
1940
1915
1907
1868
1851
Plastic milk bottles
Disposable Ball-point pen
Melmac plastic
Pyralin plastic (toothbrushes, combs, etc.)
Bakelite plastic, black and brown
Celluloid plastic, white, pink and tortoiseshell
Hard rubber (buttons, combs, etc.)
Tin Can, Pots, Pans
1962
1962
1953
1935
1928
1898
ca. 1867
ca. 1837
1799
1972
Styrofoam cups
Pull-tabs from beer and pop cans
Canned soft drinks
Canned beer, crown stopper
Key opened vacuum packed coffee can
Crimped top tin can
Enameled tinware, commercially produced
Canned foods, commercially produced in the U.S.
Enameled cast iron cooking pot
Switched from "pull-top" to "pop-top"