Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Stoneware storage jar by David Drake (Dave the Potter)
1852
Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Edgefield stoneware storage jar, ovoid form with tooled rim and two small handles on the upper portion of body near rim. Signed and dated vertically at upper body: [LM August 9, 1852 Dave]. On the verso are six punctuates and a "V" in punctuate.
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Catalog reference: 2011.69
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