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