Colonoware pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: 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. On the bottom of the vessel is a green piece of museum putty matted with fibrous material.
place: label: Place made
content: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pottery
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: clay , glue , plaster of Paris and paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (19 × 20.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 7 15/16 in. (20.1 cm)