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[log in to unmask] schrieb: > Listmates-- > > I have found a number of low fired red earthenware tiles at Fort Johnson, > near Charleston SC. My first impression was that they were stove tiles, but I > wonder if anyone else has seen them and can tell me for sure. They have been > found in fill dating to around 1900, and thus seem to date at least into the > 19th century. At that time Fort Johnson served as quarantine station, so it > occurs to me that they might have been used in the sanitation processes. Any > ideas would be helpful. > > They are molded, sometimes with a fairly elaborate design on the exterior. > Several are marked with words. This is a central feature of the decoration. > The interiors have tabs and grooves for fitting the tiles together. No > reconstructible examples were found, but piecing them together, they appear > to vary in size, with most being rectangular and roughly 18 x 35cm. . > > Most common is "BREVETES S.G.D.G/ St Henry MARSEILLE" followed by "ANTOINE > SACOM..." and "GRANDE ECAIL.../USINE LA PLATA." Examples marked "GU....", > "...E ECAILLE PU...", "SEON St H...", "...OITURE..." and "MARTIN FRERES" > were also found. > > The designs also include insects--Bees and Butterflys in their design. > "Antoine" is separated from "Sacom" by a ship's anchor. Other examples have > heart shaped marks. A few had stamped numbers--2, 13, and 46 were seen. > > Again, any help would be appreciated. > > Thnaks in advance... Carl Steen geoff carver http://home.t-online.de/home/gcarver/ [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%