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 slightly flared lip and a narrowed neck. The top half of the vessel is discolored with dark stains and the bottom is sandy brown. There are orange brown discolorations also along the bottom. Two (2) sides of the vessel are discolored with dark gray to black stains. The vessel is broken into several large pieces and has been cross mended. The base has been repaired with dark painted plaster. The exterior body of the vessel is decorated with a single band of stippling around the neck and a repeating pattern of two (2) or three (3) irregular, vertical stippled lines running down the body. There are also three (3) geometric shapes outlined in stippling. The body is also decorated with circular marks of varying sizes. The interior lip of the vessel is decorated with a band of stippling and a pattern of two (2) and three (3) vertical stippled lines running from the top of the interior lip down to the neck as well as dark, irregular circular marks. The bottom of the vessel has white paint marks. The lip has several cracks and four (4) small and one (1) medium areas of loss.
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
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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: 2017.108.1.1
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: 9 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (23 × 26.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)