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inside rim is also decorated, in this case with a second geometric motif
interrupted by a leaf motif.
Item 94 (not photographed) is a substantial piece of the foot-ring of a
coarse earthenware bowl which probably had a rim diameter in the vicinity
of 150mm. This piece is undecorated but has a numeral, either 6 or 9 on
the base.
Item 552 ( photograph 33) is a blue-transfer-printed piece decorated with
blossom and leaves on the outside, and with a print which is reminiscent of
willow-pattern on the inside. The piece probably represents a bowl with a
rim diameter of 170mm.
Item 551 (photograph 34a) is a final piece of brown-transfer-printed hollowware.
This item is a piece of the rim, which in this case is noticeably rolled.
It is decorated on the inside only, which surface only which would be
generally visible from above. The motif is geometric-abstract and the
outside rim diameter is 200mm. The style of this rim fragment suggests
the vessel was not particularly deep, and that it may have been a sauce
bowl.
Item 156 ( photograph 34b) consists of two pieces from the side of a bluetransfer-printed
bowl. The glaze on these pieces is noticeably more smooth
than on other items discussed. The rim diameter is a little over 150mm,
and the height of the bowl was 65mm. The only decoration is a rope-like
device around the outside rim.
Item 263 (not photographed) is a brown-black transfer print on a more
cream-coloured background. The motif appears to include thistles, and the
shape suggests it is from a cup rather than a bowl. Item 228 is a similar
paste and has a fragment of a similar motif. That item bears the stump of a
cup handle.
Item 48, also not photographed, is the foot-ring of a further bowl. The foot
diameter 60mm, but further diagnosis in not practical.
In summary, fragments of several bowls are present in the assemblage,
but only one cup is represented. All the bowls have a rim diameter of
between 150 and 170 mm, the approximate dimension applicable to a rice
bowl. This does not, however, necessarily suggest a dietary component.
That in contrast only two items in the ceramic assemblage have been
classified as flatware may also be significant as an indication of dietary
type but not of dietary components.
Spoons
Two spoons (photograph 35) are represented in the Chinaman's Garden
Well artefact assemblage. Item 30 is the bowl of a teaspoon or perhaps
of a baby's spoon, originally about 55mm long, while item 52 is the bowl of
a larger spoon. Both are made from copper, but although presumed to