Could it be Buckleyware? This would have a good amount of white clay in the paste though.


 


 

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Darn my fingers, agatized (banded like agate). Sort of a tiger stripe. Black-glazed redware works, for some reason I overlooked that one.?
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On Sep 11, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Patrick Tucker wrote:?
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> Not sure what you mean by "agitated," but it sounds somewhat like?

> black-glazed redware. This is the archaeological category for the > type, not?

> the decorative type listed in pottery manufacturers' records. I have > not?

> seen this category in temporal contexts later than the 1830s.?

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> Regards,?

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> Pat Tucker?

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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > James?

> Brothers?

> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:10 PM?

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> Subject: Pottery Type?

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> I have a pottery fragment from Virginia (late 1700s to end of 19C?

> context). Earthenware, dark red paste. Glaze on one side is lustrous,?

> other side is black and dark brown agitated. I'm pulling a blank, any?

> suggestions??

> Thanks?

> Jim Brothers?