Skáholt 2002 - Nabo

with incomplete markings: Ger[many], R10/[...] on one piece and on another 37[…]
A.M.[…]. This is undoubtedly from the factory of Armand Marseille in Köppelsdorf
(Bavaria), the largest exporter of dolls between the 1890s and 1920s. Dolls were signed
usually with his name or initials, followed by the mould number and ‘Germany’ or ‘Made
in Germany’. The doll would probably have had a leather body and a mohair wig. The
other fragments were unidentifiable, but could be long to an ornamental figurine.
Ceramic Building Material
The final category of ceramic finds are structural – bricks and drain pipes. Only a sample
of such material was retained, at least in the upper disturbed layers so the quantities do
not reflect absolute amounts and should be excluded from any statistical analysis. A
number of bricks both complete and fragmentary were kept and will be compared to the
type series from Aðalstræti which covers a similar period. Only one small brick fragment
came from a layer pre-dating phase 4, and may be intrusive; it would seem at first glance
then that bricks were not present until the 19 th century and from the surviving structural
evidence, it certainly seems they were not used in any major way as building material,
even then. The ceramic drains are all a typical late 19 th /early 20 th century type (saltglazed
stoneware) and almost all were found in phase 2 dating to the first half of the 20 th
century.
GLASS
Glas s Vessels
Basic recording of glass vessels involved sorting and quantifying the fragments by colour
and major type of vessel, with notes on forming method and any decoration; all measures
are based on fragment count. A more detailed analysis by vessel will be conducted at a
later date. A large number of vessel fragments were recovered, from a variety of vessel
types, though bottles of one sort or another dominated the assemblages (Table 6). Bottles
containing alcoholic drink – spirits, beer or wine – were the most frequent, and although
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