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The Kooskia Internment Camp Archaeological Project
USFS Site Numbers: 01050001096

Site Trinomial
10IH870
Artifact Group
Domestic
Artifact Type
Tableware
Artifact Description
Medium Bowl (10-15cm diameter)
Artifact Category
Food Prep/Consumption
Additional Provenience Information
Method of Recovery
SC
Additional Notes

pp#158a

ts#2164

Weight
303.8g
Project Year
CNF KIC 2010
Name
M. Petrich-guy
Condition
Fragment
Material
White Improved Earthenware
Maker
Technical Porcelain and China Ware Co.
Mark

TEPCO/USA/CHINA

 

 

Technical Porcelain and China Ware Company Bowl - Base, Footring, and Exterior
Technical Porcelain and China Ware Company Bowl - Interior and Rim
Image Type
Artifact Photo
Origin
El Cerrito, CA
Begin Date (year)
1922
End Date (year)
1979
Dateable?
yes
References

Lehner,Lois

1988 Lehner's Encyclopedia of US Marks on Pottery, Porcelain and Clay. Schroeder Publishing Company.

http://patch.com/california/elcerrito/tepco-el-cerritos-days-as-a-motherlode-of-dinnerware

Whole Count
0
Fragment Count
1
MNI
1
Remarks

Technical porcelain and chinaware company. Was listed in California Manufacturing directory in 1948 and 1951. 1951 as making hotel and institutional dinnerware  and technical or sanitary porcelain (Lehner 1988;468) Mark on restaurant ware

Rim Diameter 15 cm, colorless, Rim to Footring.

Blue Stamped or printed mark

% Complete
50-75%