Colonoware pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A Colonoware ceramic pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC (c. 1700-1800). The unglazed vessel has a rounded body with a rounded base. The vessel has a lip that is tall and slighly tapered outwards. The neck is slightly narrowed towards the center. The body is whitish gray with areas of dark discoloration around the lip and near the base. The vessel is broken into several pieces and has been cross mended. The exterior body of the vessel is moderately decorated with dark, irregular circular marks of varying sizes. A few are outlined in white, textured paint. The bottom of the vessel has white paint marks and a piece of museum putty on the bottom. The lip has ten (10) small areas of loss and the body has four (4) areas of loss along the base. One large area has been replaced with dark painted plaster.

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