Feature 1 – 2925 Richmond St

This Shaft Feature Snapshot summarizes excavation details, property history and recovered artifacts. Excavation details include measurements, photographs, and a profile illustrating stratigraphy and related contexts. The property history table outlines land ownership, residents and their occupations. The artifact assemblage is illustrated utilizing a series of tables quantifying types and providing date ranges of identifiable ceramics and glass with photographs of representative artifacts.

Site Name: Conrail-Ann

Street Address: 2925 Richmond St

Date Identified: 6/11/2010

Feature #: 01

Feature Type: Privy Shaft

Feature Detail: Brick

Feature Shape: Circular

E-W: 6.00

N-S: 6.50

Depth: 5.10

Notes: The first three strats were excavated a month before the rest.

Artifact Assemblage

Sampling of ceramic vessels (Top row left to right): three white granite handless cups (Cat # 16.186, 202, 200); ivory-colored whiteware handled cup with brown transfer-printed floral motif (Cat # 16.183). (Middle row left to right): redware bank (Cat # 16.147); decal-decorated ironstone saucer (Cat # 16.180); blue transfer-printed whiteware mug (Cat # 16.307); “Morning Glory” pattern decal-decorated ironstone toy saucer (Cat # 16.203); white granite oval serving dish (Cat # 16.208). (Bottom row left to right): Victorian majolica pitcher (Cat # 16.161), hand-painted porcelain saucer (Cat # 16.187), “Sydenham Shape” white granite plate (Cat # 16.207); brown-printed, ivory-colored, whiteware toothbrush vase (Cat # 16.10); small redware pan possibly child’s toy (Cat # 16.159).

Example of glass vessels (Top row left to right): “CAHILL’S / BRONZE / PAT. NOV. 10. 1868” bottle (Cat # 16.308); “BROMO / CAFFEINE” blue glass bottle (Cat # 16.121); “umbrella” ink bottle (Cat # 16.304); colorless glass toy caster bottle “Smocking” pattern (Cat # 16.74); (Middle row left to right): two “SCHWERIN’S / POWDER” pest poison bottles(Cat # 16.86, 17.28); aqua conical medicine-type bottle (Cat # 16.87) colorless glass “Philadelphia Oval” medicine bottle (Cat # 13.1); “MRS WINSLOW’S / SOOTHING SYRUP / CURTIS & PERKINS / PROPRIETORS” medicine bottle (Cat # 16.94); octagonal paneled bottle (Cat # 16.85); (Bottom row left to right): amber pressed glass stemware in “Mikado” pattern (Cat # 16.131); colorless glass whisky tumbler with pressed fluted band around lower body (Cat # 16.44); molded colorless glass tumbler (Cat # 18.9); two mold-blown colorless glass caster bases (Cat # 13.12, 15.37).

Sampling of small finds (Top row left to right): two white clay cockspurs (pieces of kiln furniture from local ceramic manufacturing) (Cat # 13.21, 13.22); porcelain furniture knob (Cat # 16.164); two white ball clay smoking pipe bowls and stem fragment (Cat # 16.222, 16.223); (Bottom row left to right): “Morning Glory” pattern decal-decorated ironstone toy teapot lid (Cat # 16.204); porcelain doll-sized teacup (Cat # 16.170); porcelain doll-sized teaware with hand-painted floral decoration (Cat # 13.26); porcelain toy teaware lid (Cat # 15.93); hand-painted whiteware toy teapot lid (Cat # 16.197).

Additional sampling of small finds (Top row left to right): assorted marbles two yellow clay (Cat # 16.234); white clay (Cat # 16.234); pink clay (Cat # 15.20); stone marble (Cat # 16.236); blue glazed white clay (Cat # 16.237); white clay (Cat # 16.235); (Center row left to right): Glazed porcelain bead (Cat # 17.27); domed porcelain button (Cat # 16.25); bone button with single hole (Cat # 18.19); bone button with four holes (Cat # 16.98); Shell buttons with two holes (Cat# 17.247, 16.248); Prosser process button with ribs (Cat # 13.24);(Bottom three rows left to right): Prosser process pressed porcelain buttons in various sizes with four holes (Cat # 16.243, 16.244, 16.245).

Provenience Soil Descriptions

FS#	Provenience	Munsell	Soil Type	Soil Note
279	Feature 01 Fill
465	Feature 01 Strat I	10YR5/6	Silt Loam	m/w 10YR4/3 m/w 10YR3/1 SiLo
9001	Feature 01 Strat II	10YR5/3	Silty Sand
9002	Feature 01 Strat III	10YR5/1	Coal Ash	m/w10YR8/1 Coal Ash
276	Feature 01 Strat IV E Half	10YR4/6	Silty Sand	m/w 10YR4/2 SiSa
277	Feature 01 Strat V E Half	10YR3/2	Silt Loam	m/w 10YR4/3 SaLo very loose
278	Feature 01 Strat VI E Half	10YR5/1	Silty Sand	m/w 5YR6/3 SiSa
280	Feature 01 Strat VII E	5Y6/3	Silty Sand	m/w 2.5Y6/8

Provenience Total Artifacts

FS#	Provenience	Artifact Count
279	Feature 01 Fill	89
465	Feature 01 Strat I	3
9001	Feature 01 Strat II	0
9002	Feature 01 Strat III	0
276	Feature 01 Strat IV E Half	494
277	Feature 01 Strat V E Half	1762
278	Feature 01 Strat VI E Half	110
280	Feature 01 Strat VII E Half	102
	Feature 01 Total Artifact Count	2560

Use Group Percentages

Group	Artifact Count	Percentage
Activities	56	2.19%
Architectural	628	24.56%
Commercial	4	0.16%
Electrical	4	0.16%
Food Related	15	0.59%
Fuel	75	2.93%
Furniture	27	1.06%
Hardware	5	0.20%
Household	998	39.03%
Indeterminate	93	3.64%
Lighting	380	13.22%
Manufacturing	13	0.51%
Medical	3	0.12%
Ornament	41	1.60%
Other	9	0.35%
Personal	98	3.83%
Pet	50	1.96%
Sanitary	19	0.74%
Tack	1	0.04%
Toy/Recreation	80	3.13%
Total Artifact Count	2557

Material Type Percentages

Material	Artifact Count	Percentage
Ceramic	460	17.97%
Fauna	34	1.33%
Flora	15	0.59%
Glass	1778	69.45%
Lithic	108	4.22%
Metal	150	4.22%
Other	5	0.20%
Synthetic	10	0.39%
Total Artifact Count	2560

Ceramic Type Percentages

Material	Ware	Total
Coarse Earthenware	Redware	19
Porcelain	Porcelain, Hard Paste	26
Refined Earthenware	Ironstone/Stone China	32
Refined Earthenware	Other (see comments)	10
Refined Earthenware	Red Bodied	1
Refined Earthenware	Rockingham	1
Refined Earthenware	Victorian Majolica	12
Refined Earthenware	White Granite	102
Refined Earthenware	Whiteware	30
Stoneware	Salt Glazed, Gray/Buff Bodied	4
Total Ceramic Count		237

Ceramic Dates

FS#	Provenience	# sherds	Mean Ceramic Begin	Mean Ceramic End
279	Feature 01 Fill	3	1827	1896
465	Feature 01 Strat I
9001	Feature 01 Strat II
9002	Feature 01 Strat III
276	Feature 01 Strat IV E Half	36	1841	1927
277	Feature 01 Strat V E Half	142	1847	1914
278	Feature 01 Strat VI E Half	10	1834	1911
280	Feature 01 Strat VII E Half	10	1837	1907
	Overall Date Range	215	1844	1913

Ceramic Vessel Types

Object	# of Vessels
Bank	6
Bird Cage Bath	1
Bottle	1
Butter Pat	2
Creamer	2
Creamer, Toy	1
Dish	2
Dish, Serving	1
Flatware	1
Hollowware	9
Hollowware, Toy	1
Lid, Toy	1
Mug, Child's	2
Ointment Pot	1
Paint Brush Rest	1
Pan	2
Pitcher	2
Plate, 8"	2
Plate, 9"	4
Plate, Toy	7
Platter/Dish	1
Saucer	4
Saucer, Toy	6
Spittoon	1
Tea Cup	6
Tea Cup, Toy	6
Tea Pot, Toy	2
Teaware, General	1
Toothbrush Box	1
Toothbrush vase	1
Vase	1
Water Color Cup	1
Total Ceramic Vessels	80

Glass Vessel Types

Object	# of Vessels
Bottle	34
Bottle, Beer	2
Bottle, Condiment	3
Bottle, Medicine	6
Bottle, Perfume	1
Bottle, Poison	2
Bowl	1
Caster	2
Caster, Toy	1
Demijohn	1
Dish	1
Fish Bowl/Globe	1
Flask	1
Indeterminate	1
Inkwell	2
Lamp, Chimney	5
Lamp, Globe	2
Lamp, Shade	2
Mug	1
Stemware	2
Tableware, General	4
Tumbler	22
Tumbler, Packer	1
Tumbler, Whisky	1
Vase	2
Vial	5
Total Glass Vessels	106

Glass Dates

FS#	Provenience	# Sherds	Mean Glass Begin	Mean Glass End
279	Feature 01 Fill	5	1864	1929
465	Feature 01 Strat I
9001	Feature 01 Strat II
9002	Feature 01 Strat III
276	Feature 01 Strat IV E Half	30	1863	1928
277	Feature 01 Strat V E Half	135	1862	1919
278	Feature 01 Strat VI E Half	7	1863	1924
280	Feature 01 Strat VII E Half
	Overal Date Range	177	1863	1923