Carib and her crew had a very good day 8/15/18

[ropesfish]

Capt Kym Ferrell, Capt Mike Penninger, Colt Heard and Richard Rabon were lucky enough to score an intact ceramic jug on the 1715 Fleet yesterday. It was under 7 feet of overburden and apparently had been lucky enough to escape the ravages of storms for 303 years. <I was working on the damned survey boat at the time> We also scored a piece of thin bronze sheet and an EO in the same area.
Congratulations to our crew. Pictured are Captain Kym Ferrell (who was driving the boat) , Capt. Mike Penninger (Diver in the hole) and Colt Heard (Colt worked for us the last 8 weeks...good guy and a solid diver)
Here are some photos...

 

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[agflit]

Nicely done !!!


ag

 

[Blak bart]

Very nice congratulations !! That baby survived alot.

 

[Rookster]

Wow, thats awesome. Good job.

 

[islamoradamark]

thanks for the pictures

 

[Hawks88]

Now that’s cool. Congrats

 

[diverlynn]

Cool find!

 

[s.c.shooter]

Gold and silver are next !

 

[CaptainTalon]

Well done guys! Just don't drop the jug!

 

[Denniss]

Congratulations on finding an intact jug, nice find

 

[smokeythecat]

Pretty nice jugs. They look more like early 19th century wheel thrown stoneware American to me though. Lots of stuff gets tossed overboard. The rim and especially the handle look like the ones we get up here in the northeast in the antique markets.

 

[ropesfish]

Pretty nice jugs. They look more like early 19th century wheel thrown stoneware American to me though. Lots of stuff gets tossed overboard. The rim and especially the handle look like the ones we get up here in the northeast in the antique markets.

In my research so far, it appears that the early American versions would certainly have derived from the European and British versions.

This: "Salt-glazed stoneware technology was introduced to the East Coast in the early eighteenth century from both Germany and England."
is from this very good website which has a very interesting history of ceramic jugs:
http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/285/Ceramics-in-America-2006/Fluid-Vessel:-Journey-of-the-Jug

The depth (under 7' of overburden) that this artifact was found at is right for the period and it is near where many other 1715 artifacts from coins to olive jar sherds to bronze spikes have been recovered.
I believe it is 1715. We shall see what the pottery experts say.

 

[Blak bart]

I was wondering what it was used for myself, never seen one quite like that !! Might have been a special use piece. Its very small in comparison to the type ive found, it will be interesting to here the experts opinion. The more I look the more I like it. Too cool !!

 

[Blak bart]

Amateur guess but size, shape, and finish.......along with the obvious handle for pouring makes me think this is part of the mess kit. An everyday piece used on the table. Maybe an oil vessel used by crew or even better captain and officers. Ahhh....the mind runs wild with possibilities. You know....olive oil jug used on the captains table !! That would be a nice spot that hasnt been disturbed in a long time !!!