"What Is It???" Wednesday: Open Book Majolica Quiz

You know how archaeologists are always saying that artifacts are not worth money, they're worth information?  This weeks challenge highlights one of our favorite artifact types: ceramics.  This semester I'm sitting in on Dr. Kathleen Deagan's Historic Artifact Analysis class at Flagler College to hone my ceramic skills.  The ceramics in this picture represent Medieval and Renaissance craft traditions from Europe plus the first European craft tradition found in the New World.  In class we are looking at paste and surface treatment, but try your hand at identification based on decoration alone.


Did I mention it's an open book test?  Check out the Florida Museum of Natural History's digital historic type collection.  All types and variants can be looked up for comparison. 

Usual Suspects (from Deagan 1987):

1. Yayal Blue on White 1490-1625
2. Santo Domingo Blue on White 1550-1630
3. Santa Elena  Blue on White 1500-1600
4. Fig Springs/San Juan Polychrome 1580-1650
5. Ligurian Blue on White 1550-1600
6. San Luis Blue on White 1580-1650
7. Ichtucknee Blue on White 1600-1650
8. Huejotzingo Blue on White 1700-1850
9. Puebla Blue on White 1700-1850
10. San Agustin Blue on White 1700-1730

Bonus question: if these were all found in the same pit, what would be the TPQ (or date after which the feature could date).

Responder with the most correct will get a copy of the Division of Historical Resources Spanish Colonial Heritage Trail publication and a Rite in the Rain field book!

Photo: Sarah Miller, FPAN staff taken at Flagler College library with materials on loan from Florida Museum of Natural History at University of Florida

Text: Sarah Miller, FPAN staff

References Cited
Deagan, Kathleen.  Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500-1800.  Volume 2: Portable Personal Possessions.   Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1987.