https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1679276200026-IK4B4ZTY00YW56Q9YNU1/Artefacts.jpg Blog https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2026/3/26/the-dangers-of-19th-century-schools monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/57223844-d5ab-477e-b1cd-c0a832bdab83/DSC_0074.jpg Blog - The dangers of 19th century schools - Make it stand out The writing slate and slate pencil found at the site of the librarian’s house in Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch. Image: Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1608e98a-e057-4ea2-b74b-21e7ece87d51/EQ873-MC-01.jpg Blog - The dangers of 19th century schools - Make it stand out A writing slate found during archaeological work at Te Pae. Image: J. Garland, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2025/5/30/one-house-many-stories monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/576134e5-9d52-4923-a16d-482359f4769e/558+New+Brighton+Road.jpg Blog - One house, many stories - Make it stand out The house. Image: K. Webb, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/8f62b0b8-6d91-4ccd-9f9d-ed2b672182ab/1931-07-27_10+Star+%28Emily+Ibbott%2C+janitress%29.png Blog - One house, many stories - Make it stand out Emily Ibbott’s obituary, suggesting she may have been a rather fearsome character. Image: Star (Christchurch): 27/7/1931: 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/9ebc0496-0ede-4255-90ec-75f3b9e6e17c/1889-02-26_2+Star+%28Mrs+Snell%2C+grocery%2C+etc%29.png Blog - One house, many stories - Make it stand out Harriet’s business activities. Image: Star (Christchurch) 26/2/1889: 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/2a4ab861-2582-4e92-b05a-cadb9443f8f0/1897-09-09_3+%28Central+Hotel%29.png Blog - One house, many stories - Make it stand out Harriet’s husband, John, advertising the sale of items from the Central Hotel, which was being demolished at the time. Image: Star (Christchurch) 9/9/1897: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/84bae0ad-e3b4-4dd6-aadc-a369ec89207c/Google+Street+View.png Blog - One house, many stories - Make it stand out The section in 2023. Image: Google Street View. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2025/4/10/conveniences-and-inconveniences-on-toilets-in-19th-century-houses monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7b130d6f-5586-48e8-8b77-80a0b6add682/Peter+Mitchell%2C+CJESP%2C+2014+%2810%29.JPG Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out Before toilets moved into houses (as it were), they were of course outside, and chamber pots were used in the house, particularly overnight or, as in this case, by children. You can imagine how delighted we were to find a chamber pot in a privy pit. Image: Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d33f2406-850d-44d9-a75e-bafae83c2147/P9140010+%2815%29.JPG Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out The only original toilet I’ve found in a 19th century house. This water closet had been modified, but water would have been tipped into the small draw visible in the middle. Image: K. Watson, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/68821c46-271b-478b-b5a1-94c8a4916afc/1884-01-30+Press+%2860%29.png Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out Details about the sewerage network and connections to it across Christchurch. Image: Press 30/1/1884: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/cc2ada91-6dbd-45f3-9f42-6be0f665b5e8/Chamber+pot+%2850%29.jpg Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out A surprisingly scenic chamber pot. Chamber pots peak in the archaeological record in the 1860s and 1870s, with their discard declining after this, as toilets begin to be added to houses. Image: J. Garland, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f0e12f15-5502-4301-ab16-d9d7e4d0fb55/DSC_3113ed1+%2810%29.jpg Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out Another rather pretty chamber pot. Many were much plainer than the examples shown here. Image: J. Garland, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0951f54b-6666-476d-bee8-97fdfca4895a/EQ697-C-31+F138ed1.jpg Blog - Conveniences and inconveniences: on toilets in 19th century houses - Make it stand out Part of a Doulton toilet found on a site in Christchurch, made between 1882 and 1891. Image: J. Garland, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2025/3/6/on-women-and-houses monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/af654852-f4ab-4b4a-af72-360c82200050/1352082519661.jpg Blog - On women and houses - Make it stand out This house was built on land owned by Rose Anna King . Regrettably, I’ve not been a to find out a thing about Rose (I don’t even know if that turret was original), except that she had no children. Image: Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3cbe44a8-d7da-48a1-a936-71ac0eed09d1/P1030369.JPG Blog - On women and houses - Make it stand out Margaret Stinnear (possibly née Stewart) purchased this land parcel and the adjoining one in 1893 and built two identical rental houses on them (LINZ 1893). Two years previously, her husband’s business had been the subject of a mortgagee sale and, on these grounds, it’s tempting to suggest that his financial woes led to this situation (Lyttelton Times 13/6/1891: 8). However, Margaret would go on to own a number of properties and I suspect it was her financial acumen that kept the family afloat, even financing two return trips to England (Lyttelton Times 3/10/1903: 9, Press 6/10/1908: 12, 24/2/1912: 14). Her estate was worth £2500 at her death in 1911. Another intriguing detail of Margaret’s life is that her only child, a daughter, was adopted (Stinnear 1911). Image: C. Staniforth, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/29eb7832-a8d7-4434-9db1-8893dfa4d848/22+bassett+west+elevation.jpg Blog - On women and houses - Make it stand out Prudence McClurg (née Bassett) almost certainly used family money to buy the land this house was built on. She certainly bought it from one uncle and subsequently mortgaged it to another (LINZ 1894, 1897). She was part of a complex family network of Irish immigrants, a number of whom were quite commercially successful and, between them, owned quite a bit of property. Image: P. Mitchell, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232315205-M8MEGBR75ZSQS2HXBLQ0/Untitled-3.png Blog - On women and houses Annie Twyneham’s house, presumed to have been actually physically built by her builder. Annie also owned the adjacent section, where an identical house was built. And, for the factoid: was a member of Our Father’s Church, a ‘free’ church established in Christchurch in 1882 (Lyttelton Times 6/6/1908: 6). Image: F. Bradley, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232320787-J4GKJ8ZSWAYZEC9BJDRK/Untitled-5.png Blog - On women and houses Clara Ann Holder’s neat little house (somewhat modified in the 20th century). Clara was one of the two women who didn’t have any children. Image. P. Mitchell, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232317771-L1R6OQZUY919SN0UB9I5/Untitled-6.png Blog - On women and houses Can you spot the very slight aysmmetry of this house? It was built by Maria Weidner, a widow. Maria was born in Prussia and became a naturalised British citizen in 1899 (Ancestry.com). The asymmetry puzzles me: there was just no need! Did the builder make a mistake? Image: P. Mitchell, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232338545-G3GKU8Z31ED3X3AFSUU2/Untitled-7.png Blog - On women and houses Harriett Snell! Grocer, dress-maker, teacher of dress-making, co-owner of a successful secondhand good business. And builder and owner of this nice little rental property in New Brighton. Image: K. Webb, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232352413-IN8II8B9FCFTS1PCT99V/Untitled-9.png Blog - On women and houses Tainui, the Sumner rental property built and owned by Susan Kirk. Susan and her husband would later move to Timaru, and become socially quite well-connected (Timaru Herald 19/12/1908: 2). Perhaps one of the advantages of small-town life… Image: K. Webb, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232341215-6SQV8MDBSF97KAOEKSR7/Untitled-8.png Blog - On women and houses We’re lucky this house survived until the earthquakes: Fanny Jane Langford nearly burnt it down when she spilled kerosene onto a pile of clothes that had caught fire (Press 14/5/1890: 6). Although we don’t have any information about what this house looked like inside, the lack of sidelights on either side of the front door suggests it may have had a cottage layout. A cottage layout would have saved in construction costs, and perhaps these savings were used to buy the rather lovely Chicago windows. Such trade-offs in costs were not unusual in house-building. Image: Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1741232507918-VF0660QKLWF98TJH2BOO/34+harvey+tce+north+elevation.jpg Blog - On women and houses The house that Matilda Sneesby built. About Matilda I can unfortunately say very little, except that this would have been a long way from her days as a stillroom maid in London - I wonder if that young woman dreamt of owning a lovely home like this in the suburbs? And, if so, did she ever imagine that dream would come true? And that several of children, including at least one daughter, would attend university (Press 7/11/1895: 6; Star (Christchurch) 20/12/1899: 4). Image: P. Mitchell, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2025/2/27/on-sitting-rooms-and-parlours-and-drawing-rooms monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/98be1816-f90f-44d4-8160-d014ab510f57/1884-11-22_4+Press.png Blog - On sitting rooms and parlours and drawing rooms - Make it stand out Where it all started: an 1884 advertisement for a house for a sale that described the house as having both a drawing room and a sitting room. Image: Press 22/11/1884: 5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/71905b71-9669-45a5-9a72-eab367ae5e8a/1897-11-17_1+Press.png Blog - On sitting rooms and parlours and drawing rooms - Make it stand out This 1897 advertisement placed by a woman seeking a boarding situation for herself and her young daughter hints at the complexities and realities of being a single working mother in Christchurch in the late 19th century. Image: Press 17/11/1897: 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fbb2a7a3-32a2-43e9-94e6-bd45ae8bef8d/1881-04-27_8+LT+%2850%29.png Blog - On sitting rooms and parlours and drawing rooms - Make it stand out The 1881 sale notice for Middleton, a house with a parlour and not one, but two, sitting rooms. Image: Lyttelton Times 27/4/1881: 8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/a7809883-1109-4ada-a596-7bb8eadae0b1/1864-04-23_5+Press.png Blog - On sitting rooms and parlours and drawing rooms - Make it stand out The array of furniture, etc, from the drawing room that H. P. Lance sold when he sold Ilam House in 1864. Note, in particular, the number and types of chairs. Image: Press 23/4/1864: 5. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2025/1/31/a-story-about-many-things monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/524e0b31-b910-4b50-8602-9e9ecee50012/1884-05-03-7+Lyttelton+Times.png Blog - A story about many things - Make it stand out The first advertisements for Aorangi, Henrietta’s school. Note the reference to being assisted by “competent teachers”. Image: Lyttelton Times 3/5/1884: 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/bea90496-53c1-4276-8795-67546991b1de/P1060977.JPG Blog - A story about many things - Make it stand out Aorangi, in 2013. Image: L. Tremlett, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/38a510cf-1e3d-4481-89b8-db7751cc59e0/294+Hereford+East+elevation-01.jpg Blog - A story about many things - Make it stand out The east elevation of Aorangi, showing the two-storey and one-storey components. Image: L. Tremlett and K. Watson, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/8fbbc967-e01c-461d-ae7a-66daadaacba1/1886-01-23-7+Lyttelton+Times.png Blog - A story about many things - Make it stand out The first advertisement the Misses Buchanan placed for Aorangi. Image: Lyttelton Times 23/1/1886: 7. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/10/4/the-villa monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/68c5820e-725a-42d1-8f44-f9b96f3b6095/Reynolds+et+al.+book+cover+%2840%29.jpg Blog - On the villa: idylls and ideals - Make it stand out The villa: important enough to write a whole book about, but do you know why it’s called a villa? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/75dd648e-418f-48c1-b4ca-961d85f03414/Bangor+Street+56.jpg Blog - On the villa: idylls and ideals - Make it stand out A classic Christchurch villa, albeit rather small and plain - and somewhat rundown. Image: L. Tremlett, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0b12c6b7-832f-40df-a6e8-e0b8eff8bbb0/Worcester+Street+463.jpg Blog - On the villa: idylls and ideals - Make it stand out A slightly more decorative and larger villa, but still a classic Christchurch form - although the porch is a bit unusual. Image: F. Bradley, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/67850871-ae9f-4af1-8a8c-10edc74866c6/Gloucester+Street+272.JPG Blog - On the villa: idylls and ideals - Make it stand out A very cute little bay villa, sans veranda. Image: M. Hennessey, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b121443d-6378-4680-9947-2a0337b1077b/Parlane+Street+10.JPG Blog - On the villa: idylls and ideals - Make it stand out A much larger, but quite plain, bay villa. Image: M. Hennessey, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/9/10/down-the-rabbit-hole monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1725934072907-Y83R5DAXQ4LRZOCPYJ98/Chch+Archaeology+Project-86.jpg Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1725934372321-RHKCKQC7Q0WGKKHK13LI/Chch+Archaeology+Project-87.jpg Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fae38d84-9c84-4c70-96a4-dfac7caba2d7/1904-09-08_3+LT.png Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes - Make it stand out The first advertisement found for Ballantynes selling a sewing machine. Image: Lyttelton Times 8/9/1904: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1a49610a-de47-4ad3-a041-90819bf05d3c/Ballantynes+c.1920s.jpg Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes - Make it stand out Ballantyne & Company Ltd building, Christchurch. Image: Anon, c.1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c72548f3-6f8d-44ad-afb9-8dde2053c08d/1873-04-30_3_1+LT.png Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0c778b22-e46f-4715-a094-f6757ca43a14/1873-04-30_3_2+LT.png Blog - Down the rabbit hole: on sewing machines, women, clothing and Ballantynes - Make it stand out Imported fabrics and clothes for sale, J. Ballantyne & Co. Image: Lyttelton Times 30/4/1873: 3. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/8/9/carving-out-spaces-living-above-your-business monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7a733a86-1fa2-404c-944a-e5097919bd9c/GF+%26+1F+-+original.png Blog - Carving out spaces: living above your business - Make it stand out James Knight’s premises prior to the alterations in 1900. The butchery was in the left-most shop. Image: Collins and Harman 1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b90f988d-df1f-44bb-8463-8d96c80e5eb8/Interior+of+James+Knight%27s+butchery+c.1910.jpg Blog - Carving out spaces: living above your business - Make it stand out Interior of James Knight’s butchery, c.1910. Image: Webb, c.1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4b9c9619-0afa-491a-ba49-d759185eaf17/GF+%26+1F+-+new.jpg Blog - Carving out spaces: living above your business - Make it stand out The plans for the renovation of the ground floor, showing the central staircase. Image: Collins and Harman 1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d730fa93-d10f-495c-8ec4-f10d4a0df90c/1F+-+new.png Blog - Carving out spaces: living above your business - Make it stand out The plan for the renovation of the first floor. Image: Collins and Harman 1900. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/7/12/of-fish-knives-and-sherry-glasses-an-exploration-of-class-in-19th-century-christchurch monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/dd402c3a-2e12-42b0-9298-54aaf85e8408/C-71.jpg Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out A Chinese export porcelain plate that Edward threw out. Image: M. Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1f6b218e-319e-4d95-8904-95fe56aa8978/C-45.jpg Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out A chamber pot, decorated with the Cattle Scenery pattern, that Edward threw out. Image: M. Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1c94d5d3-f658-4c2b-8aed-713de1379298/G-51+%2810%29.jpg Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out One of the decorative salad oil bottles Edward threw out. Image: M. Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/81c396af-5612-413f-8351-3d4d5c0c981d/C-69.jpg Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out A buff-bodied Bristol glazed jug thrown out by Edward. The relief moulding is of a pastoral scene, with people drinking under some trees. Image: M. Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1dde6b85-668d-47df-a7eb-87815597ffed/Tippetts+1878-02-15_4+Lyttelton+Times.png Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out The sale of Edward’s goods and possessions, 1878. Image: Lyttelton Times 15/2/1878: 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1720669610831-OCIU9TRKJX8V4OZBRZL9/G-62.jpg Blog - Of fish knives and sherry glasses: examining class in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out Two of the sherry glasses Edward threw out. Image: M. Lillo Bernabeu. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/5/17/on-fireplaces monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/73356983-1275-4d42-b0f6-df06b36a901e/DSC_0055+%2830%29.jpg Blog - On fireplaces - Make it stand out This coal register bears the words “THE CONGO”, with the bust of a mustachioed figure above. The bust is possibly that of Henry Morgan Stanley, who searched for the source of that river. Stanley was also known for his brutality towards African people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f29fb242-1c81-483c-a9a7-938e6b310319/MS441_Int_R2+%2815%29.jpg Blog - On fireplaces - Make it stand out A rather elaborately carved mantelpiece, found in a surprisingly plain house in St Abans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7ed44137-c835-4728-8e16-8ab3c3aaa2a0/R7-tiles+%2840%29.jpg Blog - On fireplaces - Make it stand out Some rather glorious fireplace tiles, featuring an intriguing combination of romantic imagery and strawberries. A reference to Strawberry Hill? Who knows. Image: K. Webb, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/4/18/on-keeping-warm monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/efcfddd6-2aba-40af-80f0-94cca6187203/DSC_0020-3_resized.jpg Blog - On keeping warm - Make it stand out The central heating unit found in the cellar under a Christchurch house. The cellar was constructed when the house was built, in the early 1860s. The central heating was added to the house later, possibly in c.1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/bb97b289-7f1a-490d-a9fc-ac43f4b04162/DSC_0029-3.jpg Blog - On keeping warm - Make it stand out The pipework associated with the central heating unit (the firebox and chimney are at extreme left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/21d4571b-2f85-4c1f-8ceb-fbf110c79c50/Lyttelton+Times+1864.png Blog - On keeping warm - Make it stand out An advertisement for Dugald Macfarlane’s wine business. Note the reference to their cellars. Image: Lyttelton Times 17/9/1864: 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b57f64f1-3160-42ac-af3d-52c45e00702d/DSC_0001_resized.jpg Blog - On keeping warm - Make it stand out The decorative grate in the floor in the room above the cellar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/611bf6fc-7a11-4b21-a018-f5652c8cc4fc/DSC_0021-3_resized.jpg Blog - On keeping warm - Make it stand out Detail of the firebox, showing the name “All Night No 2”. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/3/22/straight-to-gaol monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4c49a173-698d-497c-8d9d-1790f654593a/13+willow+elevations+pm.jpg Blog - Straight to gaol - Make it stand out The house that Andrew and Maria Hardie built in the Avon loop, in Christchurch (the door and windows had been replaced in the early 20th century). Andrew and Maria built this small house in 1879, and lived here until 1886. Image: P. Mitchell, Ōtautahi Christchurch archaeological archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/eb8370fb-e430-484a-a295-0f8971944d00/640px-Addington_Prison_Housing_3+%28Wikipedia%29.jpg Blog - Straight to gaol - Make it stand out The only surviving building from Addington Gaol, in 2005 (the building is now a backpackers). In the same way that little has been written about the history of gaol, there are surprisingly few photographs of it. Image: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/352fddec-6825-416c-8486-52856cafa791/Te+Ara_ed.jpg Blog - Straight to gaol - Make it stand out A cat-o’-nine tails, held by the New Zealand Police Museum. The label on it states that it was authorised for use by Minister of Justice A. L. Herdman on 6 October 1913. Image: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/3/11/gendered-marketing-so-terrible-its-funny-until-you-think-about-it-properly monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c476a30c-c142-4960-95e3-75367cead3d9/cursed+image+-+odt+24+august+1950%2C+page+9+cropped.gif Blog - Gendered marketing: so terrible it's funny, until you think about it properly - Make it stand out Not relevant to anything in this post, but genuinely one of my favourite historic advertisements. Their eyes, dear god, their eyes. Image: Otago Daily Times 24/08/1950: 9). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/a8907329-4439-414a-9e0b-68c2832ed8b9/Timaru+Herald+21+October+1935%2C+page+10.gif Blog - Gendered marketing: so terrible it's funny, until you think about it properly - Make it stand out Feeling saggy? Image: Timaru Herald 21/10/1935: 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/93db55c9-8b0f-4ea8-9594-741bdccc6231/no+license+28+November+1899%2C+page+2+press+cropped.png Blog - Gendered marketing: so terrible it's funny, until you think about it properly - Make it stand out A letter to the editor, written in 1898 by Fanny Cole, president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in the early 1900s, framing the ‘no license’ issue in terms of its impact on women, taken from the ‘And yet, she persisted’, blog post on Christchurch Uncovered. Image: Press 28/11/1898: 2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/cb5027b1-d485-47d9-a956-d7ad1adc7426/Vibrona.jpg Blog - Gendered marketing: so terrible it's funny, until you think about it properly - Make it stand out How DOES she stay so young? Also, I find the claim of “delicious wine” to be a bit suspect. Image: Jennings and Keers 2018. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/2/23/to-buy-or-to-rent monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1708637438718-48H3LN0K77CW9LWL8CC9/13+willow+elevations+pm.jpg Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1708637467975-7YBZ3C6FN7TK3MF99N8T/15+willow+south+elevation+pm.jpg Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1708637768960-ZB7K3V9CHVB0U7V1PHFN/Cranmer+Square.png Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1708637911690-MHPQDDUFMM1TXN9IW0EF/Kilmore+Street+172.jpg Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1708638003459-6DY0091NENAM8GHKNS2Y/Hereford+Street+294.JPG Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c5c6104a-3025-4765-a7c5-f1a009533a01/Gloucester+Street+270.JPG Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out The house Mrs Sarah Gault rented in the mid-late 1880s. Image: M. Hennessey, Ōtautahi Christchurch Archaeological Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/028acfd1-867a-41cb-8327-cc30d30076e8/Armagh+Street+25+-+line+drawing.jpg Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out The Todhunter lived in the rear, brick part of this house, the timber part having been added in c.1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/8488d204-9b53-4064-97bf-6e1ea1ea227f/Linwood_House%2C_2003.jpg Blog - To buy or to rent? Considering home ownership in 19th century Christchurch - Make it stand out Linwood House, 2003. Image: Jackie Snowdon, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16775483 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/2/9/an-issue-of-scale monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/99720362-c005-40bd-9ba5-d23b1e9dfd5f/Alice-white-rabbit.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out As a child, I thought I was Alice. As an adult, I am increasingly, painfully aware I’m the white rabbit, stressed and constantly running late. Image: Sir John Tenniel, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/cc566e08-4cbe-41dc-a7cc-e7bac6a6560f/Untitled-1.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out My brain, some days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fc12c697-280e-4ce6-b6a6-b8adc82e412e/political_flowchart_of_doom+%283%29.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out I tried to manually map connections for a set of sites once. It did not go well, given the file name of this image is ‘political flowchart of doom’. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/77bb1f08-f343-45ab-a7dc-04d931cba3b2/Artefacts.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out Each of these artefacts has so many stories to tell, from so many different perspectives. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/ec9f2c1c-93f9-435f-a5ce-b1a0af720224/South+Canterbury+Times+12+March+1886%2C+page+3.gif Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out When I looked up His Lordship’s Larder (see next paragraph), I thought I would get advertisements for the business, maybe some shenanigans at the hotel, not this. Image: South Canterbury Times 12/03/1886: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b43cd5bd-a852-44e9-9119-e3161e2ab60a/Lyttelton+Times+14+June+1864%2C+page+6.gif Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out Lyttelton Times 14/06/1864: 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/45bf1122-3a21-42d8-91fb-4c3532a0a24d/Complete.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out An sinister snake buckle. Image: Maria Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7ca9e229-a3db-43fc-955a-5185b86fe1f1/Untitled-2.jpg Blog - An issue of scale - Make it stand out Two 1920s time capsules from the foundations of the Nugget Boot Polishing Factory on Ferry Road and an account of some cart related crime. Image: Andy Dodd (left) and Star 22/05/1902: 3. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2024/1/26/two-couples-two-houses-one-architect monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/55714f45-1c84-4129-b3e6-2e10bb755e58/Fisher+building_1.jpg Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out Fisher’s building, 1978. Image: Christchurch Star Archive, 1978. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b5cb6d0f-7642-4661-96ec-03b2322bb242/DSCF1376_1.jpg Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out The street-facing elevation of Cotswold House, the house Sarah and Thomas Fisher built in 1879. Image: M. Hennessey, Ōtautahi Christchurch Archaeological Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b29615a3-ce95-4a7b-86fc-77bcbdc379cf/DSCF1049_1.jpg Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out The east elevation, Cotswold House. Image: M. Hennessey, Ōtautahi Christchurch Archaeological Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/21dcc8f4-a543-4189-8ccd-1be9aced326f/1880-05-21_8+LT.png Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out Fancy chickens for sale! Image: Press 21/5/1880: 8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f244096f-30bf-4bc3-b66c-0b65f30ebc52/1879-11-22-3+Press.png Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out Charles Ick’s auction of song birds, 1879. Image: Press 22/11/1879: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/96596974-8348-40c4-beee-eaa4ccdca322/P1090990_1.jpg Blog - Two couples, two houses, one architect - Make it stand out The street-facing (left) and west elevations of Charles and Jane Ick’s house. Image: L. Tremlett, Ōtautahi Archaeological Archive. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/12/15/street-addresses-creating-a-legible-city monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1702587240812-RJ4TVJBMXN41MQIDFF8T/ATL+1_2-184490-G.jpg Blog - Street addresses: creating a 'legible' city - Make it stand out This delightful image of a square villa - with toddler standing perilously close to the road - was probably taken in Christchurch (surely those are the Port Hills in the background!) in the early 20th century. If you look closely, you can see a street number on the gatepost to the right (it’s clearer in the original, which you can get to via the image reference). Image: Alexander Turnbull Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/23e5b67b-35a8-4f63-91dc-d79cf0be9b22/1880-81+Wises+p.68+%28reduced%29.png Blog - Street addresses: creating a 'legible' city - Make it stand out A page from the 1880-81 Wise’s New Zealand Post Office Directory, showing how names and locations were listed prior to street addresses being issued. Image: H. Wise & Co.. 1880-81: 68. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7ccc8b6f-c01e-4c0f-9d74-c1b9edb23d3e/1881-10-06_1+Press.png Blog - Street addresses: creating a 'legible' city - Make it stand out Address-less homes and businesses, Christchurch, 1881. Imagine being the person seeking a job with Mrs Hargreaves, desperately trying to find her house and make a good impression (Mrs Hargreaves advertised for servants a lot, and I imagine she was hard to impress at the best of times…). Image: Press 6/10/1881: 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/05d7911f-5dec-4663-ab35-b337c6de9f13/1882-06-24_2+%28supplement%29+Press.png Blog - Street addresses: creating a 'legible' city - Make it stand out Thomas Tait, approved to carry out house numbering in Christchurch. Image: Press 24/6/1882: 2 (supplement). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/53894c77-3d52-45c0-824a-2c28613ba17b/1883-02-22_2+Star+%28Christchurch%29.png Blog - Street addresses: creating a 'legible' city - Make it stand out Street addresses! So much easier to find Mrs Hargreaves! But J. Spence was clearly a bit behind the times… Image: Star (Christchurch) 22/2/1883: 2. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/12/5/by-any-other-name-the-shop-edition monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/01323fe8-e9b0-4bcf-a1d4-58c7f85f22a9/Leake+L+and+P+House.jpg Blog - By any other name: shop edition - Make it stand out A selection of artefacts from London and Paris House, 1862-1873, when it was under the proprietorship of Henry Leake. Leake took over the London and Paris House drapery established by Miss Ellis and Miss Ellis in 1859 and turned the brand into a fancy goods store. It continued to be a fancy goods store under Thomas Pillow, who took over from Leake in 1873, until 1876 (Lyttelton Times 28/01/1873:), when a man named Fountain Barber took over the premises, but got rid of the brand name (Lyttelton Times 8/12/1876: 1). Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0871618b-c364-43a2-9380-7ab993efa03c/finger+of+severed+hand+points+to+star+21+jan+1886%2C+page+2+cropped.jpg Blog - By any other name: shop edition - Make it stand out Would this advertisement get you through the door? Star 21/01/1886: 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0df055dc-0889-4e4b-96ee-c1420b1beafd/gould+and+miles%2C+sheppard+and+co..jpg Blog - By any other name: shop edition - Make it stand out A selection of 1850s-1860s artefacts from the stores of Gould and Miles and their successors Sheppard and Co., found on the site of what is now Te Pae. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/22e53a15-18ce-4c2b-a7a9-9aea69f53734/WKLS.jpg Blog - By any other name: shop edition - Make it stand out A selection of artefacts from the Well-Known Little Shop. John Younghusband lived on the same section as the shop with his family, so this assemblage is a mixture of discarded stock from the shop and the domestic material culture of their household. Image: Jessie Garland. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/11/16/a-story-of-snuff-christchurchs-respectable-drug monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/733904e2-0282-4e53-9f87-2118f33e7be7/C_011604-01.jpg Blog - A story of snuff: Christchurch’s respectable drug - Make it stand out The shop in 1884. Image: Burton Brothers, 1884. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4661d49f-efe5-4d58-8bd2-7d677809a93e/1862+%2850%29.png Blog - A story of snuff: Christchurch’s respectable drug - Make it stand out An 1862 map, with the location where the bottle was found highlighted in red. This is the location of the shop highlighted in the 1884 photograph above. Image: Fooks 1862. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/708dfd19-5069-490d-a893-dcd623c0a64d/DSC_8227ed1+%2810%29.jpg Blog - A story of snuff: Christchurch’s respectable drug - Make it stand out Taddy and Co. snuff/tobacco jar. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/dff8f577-4e7a-4080-b04e-4cab5a1180b0/Queen+Charlotte.jpg Blog - A story of snuff: Christchurch’s respectable drug - Make it stand out Still from Netflix’s “Bridgerton”, which fictionalised Queen Charlotte’s life but accurately portrayed her real-life snuff addiction. Image: Jeffrey, 2022. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/11/1/what-kind-of-house-is-that monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7c92656b-09cf-492f-b561-ec4d26d54cc7/Standard+cottages.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out Different types of standard cottages (after Salmond (1986: 73)). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d153e075-5988-403a-a7ac-3c48ef3c3a13/Scott+Street+18.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A late 1870s brick standard cottage, Scott Street. Image: K. Webb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/857e7c96-f12d-49d3-89da-2ddb48005c5d/Willow+Street+19.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A rather decorative standard cottage from the Avon loop. Image: P. Mitchell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/733c1af9-1dcb-4b2c-9636-66bbabd693c7/Bay+cottages.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A little bit fancy: a selection of different types of bay cottages (after Salmond (1986: 74)). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/ddc4c170-072f-4e15-a003-d75c8e604791/Kilmore+St+255_KWatson_2011-03-15.JPG Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A semi-detached bay cottage from the central city. Image: K. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/2df568c0-83c7-4a10-a483-cf1952dc07fc/Madras+Street+358.JPG Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A central city bay cottage, showing some of the modest decoration these houses often had. Image: L. Tremlett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/43ea7ee0-8dea-469e-a517-d7f8ab254867/Standard+villas.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A very normal sort of house in Christchurch: the standard villa (shown with variations on the hipped roof; after Salmond 1986: 168-173). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3173d08f-649d-44cf-addc-70f20d38ecc5/Kilmore+Street+172.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A rare example of a single-storey semi-detached standard villa. Image: F. Bradley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/9f4d2d54-6a25-4cbf-ac07-7694cc474c2f/Hereford+Street+294.JPG Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A two-storied standard villa. Image: L. Tremlett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/dfdfec22-7e70-4680-8b9d-a1d9ca0bd677/Bay+villas.jpg Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A little bit more fancy still: the bay villa (after Salmond 1986: 168-173). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c5c6104a-3025-4765-a7c5-f1a009533a01/Gloucester+Street+270.JPG Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A very sweet bay villa, built on the outskirts of the central city by someone with an upper middle class occupation. Image: M. Hennessey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/62c36383-e34f-4770-8aff-a5f24c5aeaab/New+Brighton+Road+123.JPG Blog - What kind of house is that? - Make it stand out A late 1880s bay villa, from Burwood. Image: C. Staniforth. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/10/27/underground-overground-blog-displaying-wealth-and-status-in-buildings-part-two monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/10/20/whats-in-a-name monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/5d0bb5df-3f17-4ddf-923b-88d0557ac7a1/Orchard+House.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Not an actual house name from Ōtautahi Christchurch. Just an image to break up the long text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/760e97b9-1304-4b74-91d0-b7450497804c/Como.jpg Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Como. Image: P. Mitchell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/2c6d6f26-f81f-48ab-84df-8e222994cff6/Como.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Como sale notice. Image: Press 2/2/1878: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7f576579-a21a-4fa6-814f-f853f7de29ae/Cora.JPG Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Cora Villa. Image: P. Mitchell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/ec984692-ca54-495b-bbb8-5ab591e4b2b2/Cora+villa.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Cora Villa, to let. Image: Lyttelton Times 27/11/1879: 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/91d0b57c-7824-47ba-88a3-bd0147ce2ea3/Aubyn.jpg Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Aubyn House, a name that only applied to the house on the right of this pair of semi-detached houses. Image: M. Hennessey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/8aac5a63-0f33-4d40-be81-0666087c3b05/Aubyn.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out The sale of furniture at Aubyn House. Image: Press 28/6/1883: 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b5ac14b1-d83a-47e0-8ff2-cc64c4a1dc71/Aorangi.JPG Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Aorangi. Image: L. Tremlett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/9a2fb463-6176-4525-8302-59d18d6cdde3/Aorangi.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Aorangi, which functioned as a school as well as a home. Image: Lyttelton Times 3/5/1884: 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/bd0cb233-0756-4cb0-83d7-a4460a96c77d/Cotswold.JPG Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Cotswold House. Image: M. Hennessey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/5cedcebf-71fe-48ad-9bf7-76b9ea6883d3/Cotswold.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Sarah Fisher, of Cotswold House, advertising for a servant. Image: Lyttelton Times 13/2/1884: 1 . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/84ad6caf-8e0c-466d-9d1b-6e3faa43662b/St+Vedas.jpg Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out St Vedas. Image: F. Bradley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4ec876f4-60dc-48c9-add4-d724726a0a3f/St+Vedas.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out St Vedas, for sale. Image: Press 13/121930: 28, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/181a3473-413e-444e-bf20-d6b1456a3852/Tainui.jpg Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Tainui. Image: K. Webb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/2a62aae8-fb7a-4634-beed-2ec4d8a79dbd/Tainui.png Blog - What's in a name? - Make it stand out Tainui, to let. Image: Lyttelton Times 17/5/1895: 1. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/10/13/underground-overground-post-displaying-wealth-amp-status-in-buildings monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/10/6/inkcredibleinks monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/14eb93a9-0e82-4172-a1ca-5f668c2b61ba/DSC_6139-G-45.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out A small circular inkwell with black residue still visible inside the bottle. This was found on the site of the old Occidental Hotel and could have been used by a hotel staff or a guest staying there. Image: Maria Lillo Bernabeu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6c24e490-1105-4a38-a26c-1b15776ec3c7/DSC_7039ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out Penny ink bottles! So called because of their price, these are a very common find on nineteenth century archaeological sites in Christchurch (and New Zealand). Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4deb958c-b1a0-43fa-8431-a73d3879ad78/DSC_1371ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out P. and J. Arnold were British based manufacturers and exporters of ink during the nineteenth century. Their company had its beginnings in the early eighteenth century under another name and, by the nineteenth century, they were producing up to 30 different kinds of ink that were sent around the world. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0090b4f9-e0d9-4d6f-ac7c-d43366b1a622/EQ566-G-+7+%28side+view%29+F171ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out These delightful little bottles are known as ‘boat inks’ by collectors, although you might have to squint to see the resemblance to a boat. They’re notable for the grooves along the shoulder of the bottle, which allowed the user to rest their pen on the bottle without it rolling off. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fa63e937-194a-4e6f-a0a7-ec46968400a3/DSC_3164+ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out A cone ink (otherwise known as a “ring cone” or “cone carmine”). The inspiration for the name is a little more obvious here, given the distinctive shape, while ‘ring’ refers to the ring of glass on the shoulder of the bottle. This was found in association with an 1890s-early 1900s burn layer on a site on the west of the city. Image: Chelsea Dickson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/996008c8-ca0c-4a22-8533-1eb8cb7123dc/_1095938ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out A beautiful wee octagonal ink bottle. This has the crude “burst-off” finish characteristic of these bottles, which were cheap and easily made. This one is from a c. 1880s context in the central city. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/425c133f-c5d4-44a9-ac82-f2f8fe8c1d46/EQ689-G-1+F53+ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out A tiny square ink well with a slightly uneven base (this would not have stood flat on a desk!). I love that you can see the uneven cavity of the inside of the bottle through the side - how the glass pools in one corner but thins in the other. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3aed2278-b15c-48fc-9cf2-4b1aed4452aa/EQ519-G-41+F13+ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out Another very predictable name - this is what’s known as a “bell ink”, although the bell shape is not so distinctive in this example as it might be in some others. This was found in a c. 1860s-1870s collection of rubbish deposited into a central city gully channel. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f822cbca-41e5-4f0a-8b8d-75db3bffb571/DSC_3231ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out An ink bottle shaped like a shoe! Why not. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b252a090-4b97-4f75-a49a-139a7b845be0/DSC_3557ed2.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out I love this bottle. This is what’s known as a churchwarden ink bottle, most commonly associated with red ink and identifiable from the distinctive square finish (or top). This was found on a site in Lyttelton, although we can’t associate it with any one business or household. It was made by Doulton and Co., Lambeth, potters well-known for their stoneware bottles and jars. The registration mark on the side dates its production to some time after 1876. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0de9822a-b512-4071-a73d-d50029ceefbb/DSC_0104ed1.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out French ink! It wasn’t just English inks and ink bottles exported to colonies like New Zealand. Several of these bottles, which bear the mark of Antoine et Fils (Antoine and Son) ‘L’Encre Japonaise’ (Japanese Inks), have been found throughout the city in deposits dating to the 1870s and 1880s. Antoine et Fils were Parisian based ink manufacturers operating from at least the 1870s, although we don’t know much about their business. Image: Jessie Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/5e085305-7b10-45f8-b313-498d8f17ec25/EQ867-C-56-57.jpg Blog - Ink-credible inks - Make it stand out And last, but by no means least, an ink bottle with a truly literary link (beyond the obvious). This ink bottle is stamped with the mark of Smith, Elder and Co., a London based publishing company who famously published Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre in 1847. The company began as a bookseller and stationer, but became well-known as a publisher after the success of Jane Eyre. This bottle was found on a site associated with a local bookseller and stationer on Colombo Street in the 1860s. Image: Jessie Garland. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/9/29/underground-overground-post-a-man-named-wuzerham monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/9/22/on-the-mysteries-of-doors monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c0bed4c0-4386-4269-9865-902a42400a34/IMGP2896_1+%2810%29.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out A particularly fabulous late Victorian internal door. Image: F. Bradley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/ec253b71-fe7d-45ec-93d3-58b11eb5b9be/P1000592_3.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out A typical Victorian era internal door, with four panels and a low lock rail. Image: K. Webb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/cd6f6e5d-1a87-4b65-8488-da8d7a147bce/P1000685_1.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out A typical Edwardian era internal door, also with four panels, but with a high lock rail. Image: K Webb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/219bf099-8ee2-4f8d-a570-f9686d60d0d5/P4240193.JPG Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/e7d5327e-e902-443e-b9c8-4147761e62ba/P4240198.JPG Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c5ac65c1-7c40-4eb7-866c-59ab77c308d6/IMGP2014.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c60b1a5b-a424-4e2f-b03e-fcf330be6a2c/DSC_7192_1.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6ffa6f62-a901-4dcd-9f55-470e2bab5fe1/Bassett+Street+22-01+%2830%29.jpg Blog - On the mysteries of doors - Make it stand out A standard villa, Bassett Street, Christchurch, c.1898. Notice how the doors into Rooms 2 & 8 are positioned centrally in the walls, and the way they open essentially obscures the room as you enter. Meanwhile, the doors into the other rooms are positioned at one end of the wall (which is unusual), but the doors do not swing back against the adjoining wall, but instead swung into the room. Image: P. Mitchell and K. Watson. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/9/7/on-windows monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/a38f9880-52a8-4027-a4ba-50261895c35d/Casement+window.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out A casement window. Casement windows (also known as French windows) hinged on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7de3f781-3da7-4a2e-8e81-a0270e9c5ef9/Sash+window.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out A four-light sash window, formed from two sashes, one above the other, that slide up to open. Note the small horns or lugs at the base of the upper sash (& read on to find out more about them!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/e70b3f41-7571-4c7c-bff9-c4547bc0dcf1/Screenshot+2023-09-07+201604+%2850%29.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out R. C. Bealby, covering all the bases by selling glass, putty and sash windows in 1850s Lyttelton. Image: Lyttelton Times 22/2/1851: 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d64e2886-0413-4be3-84d1-09db1bc46ab6/Sash+window+%28low+res%2C+50%29.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out A two-light sash window, with just a single pane of glass in each sash. Unlike the four-light sash shown above, there are no horns on the upper sash in this example. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/576134e5-9d52-4923-a16d-482359f4769e/558+New+Brighton+Road.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out This house was built by Harriet and John Snell in c.1899, but had two-light sash windows (with horns). John was a dealer and in 1897 he was advertising the sale of building materials from the recently demolished Central Hotel, including sash windows (Star (Christchurch) 9/9/1897: 3, 17/11/1897: 3). The Central Hotel was extant by at least 1863 and would not have had two-light sash windows (Lyttelton Times 29/7/1863: 3, 20/4/1865: 6). It is possible that the sash windows in the house at 558 New Brighton Road came from that hotel. Image: K. Webb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0fc4ca43-1cfc-405f-a9f3-6ab9861f44f4/Splayed.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out Plan view of a splayed bay window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3b91efe9-d338-475e-93a2-8763fffd5455/Octagonal.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out Plan view of an octagonal bay window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/2d6425b9-f844-4903-a385-692c22fc81b1/Rectangular.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out Plan view of a rectangular bay window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3eaec288-595a-404f-bc8d-1cb435216194/Table.jpg Blog - On windows - Make it stand out The cost of sash windows in New Zealand, 1883. Source: Leys 1883: 724, 728, 730. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/9/1/underground-overground-blog-the-christchurch-public-library monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/8/11/fan-tan-raid-32-chinese-arrested-four-europeans-arrested monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/cb8f5180-0aad-4bb4-a6ce-052c80ec37c1/1885-03-04_2+Star.jpg Blog - Fan-tan raid! 32 Chinese arrested! Four Europeans arrested! - Make it stand out One of the few advertisements Chin Sing placed in the paper, indicating that he had sufficient custom without having to advertise. Image: Star (Christchurch) 4/3/1885: 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0dd7e969-640c-42d5-966d-f081a831feab/1877_labelled.jpg Blog - Fan-tan raid! 32 Chinese arrested! Four Europeans arrested! - Make it stand out Chin Sing’s premises were on the rear of Town Sections 976 and 978 (Star (Christchurch) 12/6/1899: 2). Image: Strouts 1877. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/04bf033b-78be-4efb-83b3-f499dd5b727b/1888-09-26_3+LT+%2840%29.jpg Blog - Fan-tan raid! 32 Chinese arrested! Four Europeans arrested! - Make it stand out A letter to the editor noting the hypocrisy of arresting Chinese for gambling, given the gambling that Europeans indulged in. Image: Lyttelton Times 26/9/1888: 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6760973d-fe10-42c8-9a81-f03f06617642/rev-john-doke.jpg Blog - Fan-tan raid! 32 Chinese arrested! Four Europeans arrested! - Make it stand out The Rev. J. J. Doke. Image: www.findingmatters.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/88951c56-206c-45d4-b0dd-c72f967a4014/1888-09-24_2+Star+%2850%29.jpg Blog - Fan-tan raid! 32 Chinese arrested! Four Europeans arrested! - Make it stand out Although much everyday racism may have gone unreported, this article is clear evidence of it. Image: Star (Christchurch) 24/9/1888: 2. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/8/4/underground-overground-blog-shoes monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023-07-24/uoa-tramway-hearse monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/shelter-from-the-storm monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/1f589d1b-6939-496e-a6e6-eb09311a71ce/1851-01-25_1+Lyttelton+Times.jpg Blog - Shelter from the storm - Make it stand out The first advertisement found for a house for sale or rent in Christchurch or Lyttelton, which dates from January 1851. Bear in mind that the first Canterbury Association colonial settlers arrived in December 1850. Image: Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851: 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/9373d16d-19c3-4e9b-a434-f92bfd47f4ec/Barker+V-huts+%281958.81.372%29+50.jpg Blog - Shelter from the storm - Make it stand out V-huts in Christchurch. Image: Dr Alfred Charles Barker, Canterbury Museum, Accession no. 1958.81.372. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d93f2d72-14bf-472a-a83f-6020aca81b61/Barker+Armagh+Street+%281944.78.122%29+50.jpg Blog - Shelter from the storm - Make it stand out Looking west down Armagh Street, c.1859-60, with Riccarton Bush in the distance, showing the predominant type of house at the time. Image: Dr Alfred Charles Barker, Canterbury Museum, Accession no. 1944.78.122. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/df325a1c-eaa1-4e5f-8198-216a1c6ffa6b/Linwood_House%2C_2003+%2825%29.jpg Blog - Shelter from the storm - Make it stand out Linwood House, 2003. Built c.1857 by Joseph and Sophia Brittan. Image: Jackie Snowdon - given to me by the photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16775188 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/06e4a014-9d8e-453e-8441-de872c60462b/151+Cashmere+Road+%2865%29.jpg Blog - Shelter from the storm - Make it stand out Jane and John Cracroft Wilson’s 13 room house, built in c.1853-54. Image: supplied. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/7/7/underground-overground-archaeology-blog-post monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/6/30/jc51pim3kdjui30dqs90sc09fuoedl monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6a0ee453-36d0-4cb5-91b7-3f62a43e72ef/C-51.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out This gorgeous pattern is called British Birds and is an example of the classic blue and white transferware most commonly found in the nineteenth century. The shade of blue varied across different transfer prints - sometimes it’s dark enough to be called navy, while other prints are more of a soft sky blue in colour. This saucer was made by Samuel Alcock and Co. and dates to c. 1855-1959. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/de2fa439-a1fc-495a-b740-b99bcd2f78f7/DSC_1173ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out Green was a popular choice for transfer prints, often found in association with floral/foliage prints and geometric style motifs, including Greek key borders. The maker of this saucer is unknown, as is the pattern name, but it likely dates to the 1850-1870s period. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f6da0167-65da-49e1-8b0a-bb3cac874010/EQ700-C-10+F154ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out Brown might seem like an odd aesthetic choice for household table wares, but while not as common as the blues and green, it turns up more than you might think. This pattern is the Dresden pattern (one of several with this name) and the platter was made by Ralph Malkin between 1863 and 1881. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/0bce5864-36e5-4a4a-a6b9-0f5c1177c750/EQ688-C-17+F53+ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out This is a colour referred to as ‘mulberry’ by archaeologists and collectors, a sort of reddish purple or purple-ish maroon. Mulberry was a popular colour in the mid-nineteenth century (c. 1840s and 1850s), although it was produced throughout (Samford 1997). This is the Mycene pattern, but the maker is unknown. It was found in an 1860s-1870s context. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/bbb44308-0690-432e-b768-2850a413d9bf/DSC_5834ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out Green again! This matching cup and saucer are decorated with the Napier pattern and were made by William Brownfield between 1850 and 1871. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/bea02c78-bbb2-4ca1-bd30-531ae08d1fff/DSC_4584+ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out This one’s a bit fancy, with gold highlights applied over the top of the transfer print to add a bit of decadence to the design. This technique - the application of paint over the top of an underglaze transfer print is sometimes referred to as ‘clobbering’, which I find very funny. The name of this pattern is unidentified, but it was made by William Taylor Copeland c. 1847-1867. This would have been a higher end vessel than some of the others depicted here. Image: C. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b243e42b-0404-4234-be09-642901989eb7/10700218_778589632202622_6737122815374995054_o.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out Red is sometimes subsumed into the mulberry category, but this bowl is a bit brighter and more vibrant than the other mulberry example above, so I’m just going to call it red. This pattern is the Ravenna pattern, made by William Emberton c. 1851-1871. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4ce202b6-86d1-4de0-af17-f3c7d8b2411d/DSC_5214+ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out I just think this one’s quite pretty. Another classic blue and white pattern, this time featuring branches and leaf sprays alongside stylised flowers and scrolls. Neither the pattern name nor the maker are known for this cup. Image: C. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/4355daad-faab-4065-bae9-ae7b57e1f43f/DSC_5743+ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out Another clobbered example, albeit one that’s a little more garish and a little less fancy than the previous one shown. It’s the green, I think, contrasting so much with the purple. This is the Andalusia pattern, made by John Thomson at some point before 1865. Image: C. Dickson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/7b97b479-356e-474e-b121-c3bbbf73e4a9/EQ696-C-28+F125ed1.jpg Blog - A colourful compendium - Make it stand out And lastly, an old favourite. This idyllic pattern has the somewhat odd name “Duncan’s Rural Scenes”, referencing a series of transfer prints based on watercolours by Edward Duncan, featuring rural landscapes and scenes. It’s actually a combination of two pattern series - the central motif of the sheep is part of the Duncan Scenes, while the bramble border is part of what’s known as the Rural Scenes border pattern. This plate was made by William Taylor Copeland and dates to c. 1850-1867. Image: J. Garland. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/6/2/american-artefacts monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/3c3c1b5d-0840-46a5-bc6a-43b0e47aba36/gouraud.jpg Blog - American artefacts - Make it stand out First up, Gouraud’s Oriental Cream. Despite the name and the advertising, this was an American product, created by Dr F. Felix Gouraud, a.k.a Englishman Joseph W. Trust, an immigrant to the US in the 1830s. Trust was a bit of a hustler, who went into the patent medicine business and reinvented himself a few times, eventually landing on “Trust Felix Gouraud” or “the Doctor”. He died in 1877 and his business was continued by his third wife, Martha, and, eventually, her second husband, Ferdinand T. Hopkins. Surprisingly, the most interesting thing about Gouraud’s Oriental Cream was not the somewhat chaotic life-story of its creator, but the fact that the cream contained mercury. Used as a skin cream - and advertised as a ‘safe’ remedy for brightening the complexion - the product contained enough mercury to actually cause poisoning in some users, defying the marketing claims that it was “so harmless we taste it to be sure it is properly made”. Despite this, it continued to be made and sold into the 1930s, long after the harmful effects of mercury were known. Image: J. Garland; New Zelaand Herald 11/04/1927: 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/f7f48bbe-9424-4afc-957b-37f74cd3f9e5/Tricopherous.jpg Blog - American artefacts - Make it stand out Barry’s Tricopherous has long been one of my favourite artefacts, due to the completely outlandish claims made about its effects and the actual contents of the product. Alexander Barry of New York was another purveyor of patent remedies, although his success was more in the realm of haircare. His Tricopherous, first sold in the US in the mid-19th century, was marketed as a hair restorative with the extraordinary power to also “cure eruptions and diseases of the skin” and “heal cuts, burns, bruises and sprains”. The remedy was actually mostly alcohol, making it unlikely it would do even half of what it promised. Despite this, Barry’s Tricopherous - and other Barry’s products (including hair dye) - remained very popular. Barry’s Tricopherous is one of the most common haircare products found on 19th century sites in Christchurch. Image: J. Garland; Otago Daily Times 23/11/1871: 4). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6435e482-7e8e-4389-a791-27f18f761d1b/florida+water.jpg Blog - American artefacts - Make it stand out Murray and Lanman’s Florida Water is another fairly common 19th century product, a perfume or “eau de toilette”, which sounds so much better than the English translation “toilet water”. Murray and Lanman were also based in New York and their Florida Water, an American alternative to the European ‘Eau de cologne’, became famous around the globe during the 19th century, to the point that the company was involved in several court cases to protect their trademark. The name came from an early 19th century mythical association of Florida with the fabled “Fountain of Youth”. The fragrance is still sold today and, as a side note, is mentioned in Gone With the Wind, perhaps an indication that it was one of those products whose ubiquity sees them absorbed into the cultural landscape of their time. Image: J. Garland; New Zealand Times 20/12/1884: 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/b3f2f6e4-27f6-4fb4-9289-3224fdcd4c37/Weston%27s+Wizard+Oil.jpg Blog - American artefacts - Make it stand out Weston’s Wizard Oil is easily a contender for the best patent medicine name of the 19th century, although it is maybe not a name that inspires trust in its efficacy. Marketed as the “Great American Medicine”, Weston’s Wizard Oil was one of those “cure-all” patent medicines that claimed to fix everything with its combination of “healing gums, balsams, vegetable oils and rare medicinal herbs”. My favourite is the promise to “raise the bedridden”. Weston’s Wizard Oil was the brainchild of Frank Weston, a showman (he briefly ran an Opera House) who combined entertainment with marketing his patent medicines. Weston was American by birth, but spent a great deal of time in Australia, touring his Wizard Oil and Magic Pills, as well as his other ventures (see Foxhall 2017 for an interesting discussion of Weston’s career and attitudes in context of race and quarantine in Australia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fa4ab701-3ff2-49f6-89dd-86e656382b6f/Heinz.jpg Blog - American artefacts - Make it stand out Finally, to prove that not all of the American artefacts in the collection are patent medicines, perfumes or cosmetics, here is an example of one of the most famous American brands of the last 200 years - Heinz. This olive jar, which still has a little bit of the label remaining, is a 20th century artefact, dating to the 1920s, but Heinz has its origins in the 1860s with Henry J. Heinz of Pennsylvania (Lockhart et al.). They famously marketed their “57 varieties” of pickles and sauces from the 1890s onwards, including the stuffed olives represented by this jar. Image: J. Garland; Evening Star 10/09/1935: 14. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/5/19/on-halls monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/acd05ca0-6e6f-468f-a50d-d25e94ae1b19/Picture1+%2830%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out A classic Victorian villa hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/11ae53ef-3c51-40ad-9f44-e1e7fe33e557/Rees+Street+5+-+no+hall+%2820%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out A house with no hall. Image: P. Mitchell & K. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/e317b8eb-57a2-4fa7-8729-a4ef470833d5/Willow+Street+13+-+cottage+layout+%2820%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out Cottage layout. In this layout, the hall was only one room deep, ending at the kitchen. A bedroom typically opened off the kitchen. Image: P. Mitchell & K. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/419796fb-6d65-4fe7-998a-26278e6dda06/Beveridge+Street+32+-+villa+layout+%2820%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out Villa layout. In this layout, the hall was more than one room deep and all the living spaces opened off the hall. Work spaces, however, might be interconnected. Image: F. Bradley & K. Watson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6ab07869-988c-408d-b37b-ace3e16aa5d7/Half+villa+layout.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out Half-villa layout. This was a variant on the villa layout, typically (but not exclusively) found in semi-detached houses. The hall ran along one side of the house, rather than through the centre of it. Image: Dalman Architects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/95b5fcb0-b8b2-4022-899d-67be8978b655/Class+and+layout+%2815%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out The relationship between class and house layout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/66beeb2c-4945-4320-a4ed-08b708a686f9/Very+narrow+hall+%2850%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out The narrowest of halls, just wider than the front door. Image: P. Mitchell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/54791c42-eac8-41ad-ac79-0b84aef20dee/Layout+%26+sidelights+%2830%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out The relationship between house layout and the presence or absence of sidelights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/65e53d53-c287-4c36-a75a-23d9bcb384b5/Class+and+sidelights+%2820%29.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out The relationship between class and the presence or absence of sidelights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/9a6bd339-ee28-44b9-95a4-0cb887d7c8c4/Typical+front+door.jpg Blog - On halls - Make it stand out A front door with sidelights on either side. Image: F. Bradley. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/5/6/missing-pieces monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d2973f0b-c8b7-4b1e-b5b9-561907d2cc6a/DSC_1117ed1forweb.jpg Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out This small dish was found on a mixed commercial and residential site in Christchurch’s CBD. It’s made from porcelain, decorated with a brown slip glaze, through which another design has been etched. This style of decoration, found on porcelain, was popular in the 1720s when it was known as Batavian ware, in reference to the port of Batavia, now known as Jakarta, through which some Chinese export porcelain was transported. Some of this porcelain, which had distinctive blue and white painted decoration, was then covered with a dark brown glaze and decorated by European engravers, who etched out windows in the brown glaze to the original design or created bird and branch motifs like the one here. Here’s where the mystery starts – this dish, while it has the brown glaze and etched design, does not appear to be Chinese export porcelain, nor is there any blue hand painting visible beneath the glaze. The decoration is quite crude, not nearly as refined as some examples from the 1720s. It was also found in an 1850s-1860s context in Christchurch, and we have to wonder how it came to be there. There was something of a revival in the style in the early 1800s, but even that is too early to for the dish to have been purchased in New Zealand or even purchased in Europe and then brought over with the early European settlers. It’s most likely that it was an inherited piece, something sentimental or valuable enough to be held onto, passed down through a family and brought to Christchurch by whoever owned it. But it’s still unclear who made it and when – is it less-refined original or a later imitation of the original Batavian ware and, if so, who made it? Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/019f06d1-a59c-4aaa-9d1f-6c62747db3bf/DSC_1279ed1.jpg Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out This wee gem of an artefact was found in association with an 1860s shop and residence on Colombo Street. The Younghusband family occupied the site, with John Younghusband running a stationer’s and fancy goods store at the front, while his family resided to the rear of the section. This cutlery handle, likely from a knife, has “FOR A GOOD BOY” hand carved into the side. It’s a phrase that’s not uncommon to find on children’s artefacts from the time – we find a lot of christening cups, in particular, that say things like “a present for a good girl”, usually printed or hand painted in gilt lettering. This is the only example I’ve seen of the phrase used on a knife handle and I’m curious to know how it came to be there. Was it a gift from one of the Younghusband parents to one of their sons? Was it a reminder to the child to mind their manners at the dinner table? Could it have been something carved by the boy himself, for some reason obvious to him? Was it treasured? If so, why was it thrown away? Were there accompanying forks and spoons with similarly carved handles? I will never know. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/d6fcaa42-ef07-4df2-a283-b7ff304435d3/DSC_0211.JPG Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out This chamber pot base bears the mark of Sampson Bridgwood and Son and was found on a site on Gloucester Street in central Christchurch. What’s interesting about this mark is that the name “S. Bridgwood and Son” has been painted over, for no immediately obvious reason. It may have been a piece that the manufacturer didn’t want to claim as theirs? Perhaps it was resold by someone else who pretended to be the manufacturer? Was the mark printed on the base by accident (this seems unlikely!) and subsequently covered up? Was it produced by the pottery during a period when it was unable to trade as Sampson Bridgwood and Son? I wish I knew! Image: K .Bone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/e5c8bd76-9d0e-4a36-9004-64b0cd26ca1a/Untitled-1.jpg Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out In the nineteenth century, retailers and distributors of ceramics would sometimes stamp their own mark on the vessels they sold or exported, advertising their business and asserting their status as reputable merchants through their wares. We have a few examples of this from nineteenth century Christchurch businesses – not just on ceramics, but also on clay pipes. What’s unusual about these two pieces is that the marks refer to merchants based in Chile and Indonesia. Rogers Y Ca, or Rogers and Co., were an importing firm based out of Valparaiso, Chile from the 1880s, while Herman Salomonson was a Dutch merchant linked to the port of Semarang in what was then the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Neither of these were big trading ports for the import/export of domestic ceramics to New Zealand specifically, although they were part of the more general global trade network in which New Zealand (and the nineteenth century British empire) participated. How did these artefacts come to be in Christchurch? Were they picked up by a sailor or merchant at some point and eventually discarded in the city when broken or no longer wanted? Are they evidence of indirect trade with these two merchants or ports – items that were sold or distributed from Valparaiso or Semarang to somewhere else - London, maybe - to Christchurch? I have theories, but no certainties, unfortunately. Image: J. Garland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/21f85dbf-a620-480e-a6dc-458fb1f854ef/Untitled-2.jpg Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out Found underneath an 1880s house in Christchurch, this message in a bottle remains one of the most simultaneously exciting and disappointing artefacts I’ve ever worked with. The excitement was in the mystery of the artefact as it was found, with the message visible in the bottle but still unknown, not to mention the thrill of unrolling it when it had been extracted, knowing that we were reading words that had been hidden for more than a century. The disappointment was in the utter mundanity of the message, which simply states that the bottle had been put under the house on this day in this year by this person. No reason is given, there is no indication of who the culprits were in relation to the house (and no secrets to be revealed!). Maybe it was put there to commemorate something (but what!?), maybe it was put there out of sheer boredom. Who were these people? Why was it witnessed? Could it have been a hoax? I still have questions. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/fc2d1b9d-869c-45ce-854a-2fa780d716fa/Chalmers+Ave+%282%29.jpg Blog - Missing pieces - Make it stand out Not actually from Christchurch, this one. This book, which, despite its apparently salacious title, is actually a novel with temperance themes (the man trap is a pub, get it?), was found in the walls of a nineteenth century house in Ashburton. We know who wrote it, when it was published and even what the story was – I believe the text is freely available online if anyone wants to read it. What I’m still curious about, however, is how it came to be inside the wall of a house. We know people sometimes used paper as (very flammable) insulation, but if this book was meant to have the same purpose, it would likely have been found with many more books or pieces of paper than it was. Was it secreted away by someone whose tendency towards temperance was frowned up by other people in the house? Was it lost? Why, oh, why was the book in the wall. Image: J. Garland https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/the-francises monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/599610a8-8c3b-4f2e-99ef-1ed822edeac7/Joseph+and+Harriett+Francis+%28Ancestry.com%29+%2810%29.jpg Blog - The Francises: living beyond their means - Make it stand out Harriet and Joseph Francis, c.1875-76, possibly taken prior to their departure for New Zealand. Image: private collection, Liz Francis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/577bd563-7e64-415f-aa72-b38909dac9f1/LT+1878.jpg Blog - The Francises: living beyond their means - Make it stand out The advertisement calling for tenders for the construction of Cora Villa. Image: Lyttelton Times 1/10/1878: 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/dc56e683-315e-49e4-aa6c-2a5fa0285558/396+Oxford+Terrace+north+elevation-01+%2825%29.jpg Blog - The Francises: living beyond their means - Make it stand out The very standard villa that J. C. Maddison designed for Harriet and Joseph. Image: P. Mitchell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c4b6d5a6-a8c5-4bc9-aff1-6904625de019/LT+27-11-1879+p.1.jpg Blog - The Francises: living beyond their means - Make it stand out The Francises put their new house up for rent shortly after it was built, with no mention of Maddison’s involvement. Image: Lyttelton Times 27/11/1879: 1. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/4/6/unexpected-paths monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/75157ec1-ba12-4b16-a9f8-8a59076a0f96/Jessie+Garland%2C+Feature+37+Layer+1%2C+Convention+Centre%2C+2018.+Image+credit+Wendy+Gibbs.jpg Blog - Unexpected paths - Make it stand out In which, contrary to the point made in the previous paragraph, the author has very literally been trapped by mounds of artefacts. Image: Wendy Gibbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/6550d74c-386e-4d61-a30a-08fcf1761d84/artefacts+%282%29.jpg Blog - Unexpected paths - Make it stand out A selection of artefacts from the dataset. Image: J. Garland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/a08a372f-d3c4-4f28-82e7-6e7141185ff2/lasca+and+highwayman.jpg Blog - Unexpected paths - Make it stand out This copy of the poem “Lasca”, by Frank Desprez, was found folded up behind a fireplace, while this article recounts the rather dramatic events of the 3rd of October 1879 and their apparent origin in the bad influence of impure literature. Image: J. Garland and Star 10/01/1880: 2. https://www.christchurcharchaeology.org/blog/2023/3/21/where-this-started monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e9d1728419c2d993accdb8/c55730ad-5c46-4be4-8d37-4d32027cb5b9/Kirsa+Webb%2C+Jessie+Garland%2C+Music+Centre%2C+credit+K.+Bone%2C+2015+%2812%29.jpg Blog - Where this started - Make it stand out Image: K. 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