page_title: David Drake (potter)
hierarchical_section_title: David Drake (potter)
caption_attribution_description: English: Alkaline glaze stoneware with text
context_page_description: David Drake, also known as "Dave Pottery" and "Dave the Potter," was an American potter who lived in Edgefield, South Carolina.
  Drake produced over 100,000 alkaline-glazed stoneware jugs between the 1820s and the 1870s. An enslaved African American, he often signed his works "Dave." He is recognized as the first enslaved potter to inscribe his work, during a time when most enslaved people were illiterate, often forbidden from literacy, and anonymous. Drake inscribed his work with poetry, often using rhyming couplets, as well as his signature.
context_section_description: David Drake (c. 1800 – c. 1870s), also known as "Dave Pottery" and "Dave the Potter," was an American potter who lived in Edgefield, South Carolina.
  Drake produced over 100,000 alkaline-glazed stoneware jugs between the 1820s and the 1870s. An enslaved African American, he often signed his works "Dave." He is recognized as the first enslaved potter to inscribe his work, during a time when most enslaved people were illiterate, often forbidden from literacy, and anonymous. Drake inscribed his work with poetry, often using rhyming couplets, as well as his signature.
caption: David Drake, I made this jar for cash, though it is called lucre trash. Alkaline glaze stoneware, 1857.
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