CHADBOURNE SITE CERAMICS
The Chadbourne family owned many fine possessions, including fancy tablewares. The ceramics also demonstrate the extensive trade ties of this merchant family.
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	Aucilla Polychrome majolica. This ware was manufactured  in Mexico City between 1650 and 1700. Fragments of four plates in this pattern have been recovered at the Chadbourne site. These are the first known specimens of Spanish colonial majoica to be recovered in the northeastern United States.
	Lisbonware (Portuguese majolica)
	Lisbonware (Portuguese majolica)
	Bleu Persan, or Blue Persan English delftware. These vessels imitiate a French ceramic manufactured in the mid-seventeenth century made by the potters of Nevers. The French potters were imitating a white on blue glazed ceramic made by Persian potters beginning in the fourteenth century.
	Probably English delft. This fancy plate features a very elaborate rim.
	English delft, or possibly Lisbonware, pitcher.
	English delft albarello (drug pot).
	Base to a drug pot, probably English delft.
	Cup, probably Lisbonware.
	English delft cup, with stippled manganese decoration on the exterior.
	Unknown tin enameled ware plate.