DETAILED INVENTORY OF HELME HOUSE ARTIFACT & FRAGMENT COLLECTION
Artifacts that were recovered had either surfaced after a rainy season or while the earth was disturbed during planting or removal of plants and bushes. Artifacts include domestic ceramic and bottle glass fragments; architectural materials such as wrought nails, brick fragments and window glass; faunal materials including clam and oyster shells; clothing items such as buttons and miscellaneous iron objects or portions thereof including pieces of farming implements. The recovered ceramic and faunal materials indicted the location of the 1812 House kitchen pit directly north of the side entrance to the Summer Kitchen. The glass pit also included pieces of high buttoned leather shoes and the metal pit were found on a back path.
The detailing of the Helme House inventory follows the formatting of Monticello's Digital Archaeological Archive of Chespeake Slavery, December 15, 2004 database (http://www.daacs.org).
Ceramic and glass bottle fragments were the most numerous. Pearlware was the most common of the refined earthenwares recovered to-date.
FRAGMENTS FOUND IN KITCHEN MIDDEN LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE 1812 HOUSE ORIGINAL KITCHEN.
ARTIFACT ID# |
COUNT |
ARTIFACT CATEGORY |
VESSEL CATEGORY |
FORM |
MFG TECHNIQUE |
MATERIAL |
CERAMIC GENRE |
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE & COLOR |
HH-001 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Wheel Thrown |
Redware |
----
| Slip, red muted with yellow decoration |
HH-002 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid:Tableware |
Wheel thrown |
Stoneware prob. American |
----
| one with grayish stoneware with blue stripes |
HH-003 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Flat |
Unid:Tableware |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Feather Edge
| Molded, green edging |
HH-004 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid:Tableware |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Feather Edge
| Molded, blue edging |
HH-005 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Flat |
Unid:Tableware |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Feather Edge
| Molded, no color |
HH-006 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Rounded |
Bowl Rim |
Press Molded |
Parian |
----
| Molded, raised design, grayish white |
HH-007 |
5 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Saucer rim/body section (Clews) |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, both intense & medium |
HH-008 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, intense & medium, stippling |
HH-009 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium, leaf design |
HH-010 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium, tree branch |
HH-011 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, intense |
HH-012 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium & light |
HH-013 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, light |
HH-014 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, light |
HH-015 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium, floral |
HH-016 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Whiteware |
----
| Greenish translucent glaze
|
HH-017 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Rounded |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Whiteware |
----
| muted light blue
|
HH-018 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat/Rounded |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware or Whiteware |
Transfer print under, purple
| Printed, under, purple, floral
|
HH-019 |
6 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat/Rounded |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium
|
HH-020 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium
|
HH-021 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium
|
HH-199 |
4 |
Stone Sherds |
Shaped |
Unid: Arrowheads |
Chiseled |
white quartz |
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| ----
|
FRAGMENTS FOUND IN THE KITCHEN MIDDEN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN UTILIZIED BY THE 1720'S HOUSE DUE TO LOCATION.
ARTIFACT ID# |
COUNT |
ARTIFACT CATEGORY |
VESSEL CATEGORY |
FORM |
MFG TECHNIQUE |
MATERIAL |
CERAMIC GENRE |
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE & COLOR |
HH-200 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Feather Edge
| Molded, edging blue
|
HH-201 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium, light
|
HH-202 |
1 |
Ceramic Sherd |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Wheel thrown |
Delftware |
Handpainted, blue, delft
| Painted free hand, blue, light, waterey rendering
|
HH-203 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Rounded |
Unid: Tableware |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, intense
|
HH-204 |
2 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Flat |
Unid: Tableware |
Press Molded |
Pearlware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Printed, under, blue, medium, birds
|
FRAGMENTS FOUND WEST OF THE RED SHED AND TO THE AREA WHERE IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE REMAINS ARE A SUMMER KITCHEN FOUNDATION.
ARTIFACT ID# |
COUNT |
ARTIFACT CATEGORY |
VESSEL CATEGORY |
FORM |
MFG TECHNIQUE |
MATERIAL |
CERAMIC GENRE |
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE & COLOR |
HH-300 |
3 |
Ceramic Sherds |
Saucer rim/body section |
Unid: Tableware |
Press molded |
Whiteware |
Transfer print under, blue
| Raised wheat design,clear glaze
|
HH-400 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Base |
Mouth Blown |
Domed |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-401 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Base |
Mouth Blown |
Domed |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-402 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck with lip |
Finishing Tool |
Cylindrical/Rounded |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-403 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck with lip |
Finishing Tool |
Cylindrical/Rounded |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-404 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck with lip |
Finishing Tool |
Cylindrical/Rounded |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-405 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck with lip |
Finishing Tool |
Cylindrical/Rounded |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-406 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck with lip |
Finishing Tool |
Cylindrical/Rounded |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-407 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Neck |
Mouth Blown |
Cylindrical |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-408 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Body Horizontal |
Mouth Blown |
Circular/Round |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-409 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Body Horizontal |
Mouth Blown |
Circular/Round |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-410 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Body Horizontal |
Mouth Blown |
Circular/Round |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-411 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Body Horizontal |
Mouth Blown |
Circular/Round |
Black (deep green) |
---- |
HH-412 |
1 |
Bottle, Wine style |
Body Horizontal |
Mouth Blown |
Circular/Round |
Black (deep green) |
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FRAGMENTS THAT HAVE SURFACED FROM THE ROSE GARDEN/ORCHARD IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
ARTIFACT ID# |
COUNT |
GLASS FORM |
GLASS BOTTLE ELEMENT |
GLASS BOTTLE MFG TECHNIQUE |
GLASS BOTTLE SHAPE |
GLASS BOTTLE COLOR |
MISCELLANEOUS DATA |
HH-5-- |
2 |
Bottle stopper |
---- |
Molded |
Circular/Round |
White (frosted) |
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