Three Large Colonoware Pots.
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Three Large Colonoware Pots. c. 1700-1800. Low-fired works from the Cooper River, Charleston County, S.C. Included in this lot is a rare red-colored pot with serpentine design. All are in survival condition with restoration and repairs. Average size is 6-8" h. Provenance: The Acacia Collection. Pot on left exhibited: Telfair Museum of Art Owens Thomas House Quarters. Reframing a Perceptual Paradigm: A Jerome Meadows Installation. America I Am United States Exhibition Tour 2009-2012. Illustrated in Country Home, Volume 19, Issue 1. Est. $3,000-6,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping. The Acacia Collection of African Americana Colonoware Pottery Colonoware was used to prepare, serve, and store food, and provides tangible evidence of the mixing of African, European, and Native American cultures on plantations in South Carolina and Virginia from 1700-1820. The low-fired pottery provided the slow cooking necessary for typically southern dishes such as hominy or okra (originally African American). Acacia Collection notes suggest this pottery has not been used and was found along the banks of the Cooper River, S.C. Thought to have been deposited by a capsized boat taking the pottery upstream.
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Three Large Colonoware Pots.
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