- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Colonoware Pitcher
- Date of Original:
- 1740/1760
- Subject:
- Pottery--South Carolina
Pitchers--South Carolina
African American folk art--South Carolina
African American art--South Carolina
South Carolina--Antiquities - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
- Medium:
- colonoware
pitchers (vessels) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Colonoware, a form of earthenware pottery, was made by African Americans on plantations in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Produced circa 1740, this pitcher was found during an exacavation in Charleston, South Carolina, during the late 1990s.
Photograph of a colonoware pitcher, uncovered in South Carolina in the 1990s, which dates to around 1740. Colonoware, a form of earthenware pottery, was made by African Americans on plantations in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/african-american-archaeology/m-10948/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of New South Associates
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/african-american-archaeology
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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