A fancy button found in House E.

Several of the thin circle brooches, like the one pictured here, have been found. This thicker circular brooch is unique.

2017 produced the most trade silver ever for a single season, pictured here.

One of the most unusual ceramic types found during the House E excavation is polychrome creamware, first manufactured in 1775, just six years before the site was abandoned.

Creamware, invented by Josiah Wedgwood in the early 1760s is an excellent time-marker for the British period at Michilimackinac. Not surprisingly, we are finding quite a bit of it, including

Stoneware is another common ceramic type, but the stoneware sherds from House E include a sherd of Rhenish Stoneware, imported all the way from Germany.

Stoneware is a common ceramic type, but the stoneware sherds from House E include a sherd of rare Nottingham stoneware.

The current excavation has produced quite a bit of Chinese export porcelain, some in recognizable vessel forms.

Tin-glazed earthenware, delft and faience, is typically the most common ceramic type found at Michilimackinac. We are finding it here, some of in large, for us, sherds.