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>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 14:28:08 +1000
>From: Alasdair Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: The Value (?) of Shards
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>I always thought chard was a type of vegetable...
>
>Oh, alright - it's easy enough to be flippant when the
seller, with or
>without Noel Hume's 'Guide' (with PICTURES!), clearly
doesn't really know
>what he/she's dealing with.  Pieces which 'appear to be
CHINESE'?  From
>c.1779 (maybe)?  In South Carolina?  Well, knock me down
with a rubber
>spoon!  Clearly the original owners must have been rebels
rather that
>Loyalists - the latter definitely would have been using good
BRITISH pottery
>rather than disloyal evil foreign muck.  Or even stuff that
merely 'appears'
>foreign. Only treacherous REBEL DOGS would do that (hey -
this occasional
>use of capitals gets QUITE CATCHY after a while).
>
>More seriously, I would find the later comment "I fully
guarantee everything
>I sell and receive from excavator's across this GREAT USA!"
of considerably
>greater concern  (and no, not for the misplaced apostrophe
or possibly
>equally misplaced patriotism).
>
>I suppose in this particular case someone could contact the
seller in
>non-archaeologist guise and find out who this 'noted
AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST'
>who works in the area on a 'DAILY' basis is.  There might
conceivably be a
>reasonable explanation of how the pottery left the site in
the first place,
>and the noted ARCHAEOLOGIST might have no idea that this
stuff's found its
>way onto the market.  Whoever it is, if they're taking a
cut, they're not
>hoping for much of a profit off a reserve price of US$1.
>
>And remember, the best way for Americans to commemorate your
fallen soldiers
>on US Memorial Day is to pay shipping and handling fees that
are more than
>three times the reserve price of the small, worthless
fragments of broken
>pottery that you're bidding for....  Ain't internet
capitalism groovy -
>there's no day or event so solemn that it can't be
prostituted for financial
>gain.
>
>Alasdair Brooks
>
>>> Item Description:
>>> Dear Bidders: What is being offered for your
consideration are 16
>>> choice pieces of Blue and white Pottery chards excavated
in South
>>> Carolina near the site of The Battle of Stono-Ferry 1779.
Each pottery
>>> chard displays various shades and hues of Blues with some
white and some
>>> darker. There are floral scenes, scroll workings,
concentric circular
>>> designs and even some pieces which appear to be "CHINESE"
(go figure?)
>>> There are 16 pieces in this lot the largest being 4
INCHES long and Two
>>> inches wide at its widest point/quite thick with an edged
rim lots of
>>> designs. The Other pieces range from a 3 INCH piece to
smaller inch
>>> squares. All are great examples of COLONIAL POTTERY FRAGS
with an
>>> association to a famous SC REV WAR BATTLE. For further
information AND
>>> PICTURES! please see the text by Ivor Noel Hume: "A GUIDE
TO ARTIFACTS OF
>>> COLONIAL AMERICA. There are some very similar examples of
this type of
>>> pottery-ALL ARE 100% GUARANTEED TO BE excavated from the
stated area with
>>> owner!
>>> s permission by a noted AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST in the
South who works the
>>> area on a DAILY basis. The Battle of Stono Ferry took
place on June 20,
>>> 1779 and was a British Victory. The Fort which was built
there stretched
>>> some 800 yards!Both Hessians and Highland troops took
part in the Battle
>>> with the Americans being led by the famous Maj. Gen.
Benjamin Lincoln.
>>> Please ask any questions! I try to answer all e-mails
promptly. I do not
>>> have picture capability or scanning so please check out
my feed back
>>> forum.  SHIPPING is $3.50 on these artifacts. Thanks for
>>> looking! HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!***** REMEMBER
OUR FALLEN
>>> SOLDIERS!***********
>>>
>>> Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM at
http://www.ebay.com
>>
>
>
>
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>Dr. Alasdair Brooks
>Department of Archaeology
>La Trobe University
>Plenty Road
>Bundoora VIC 3083
>Australia
>Phone - 03 9479 3269
>E-mail - [log in to unmask]
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>on both sides of the border"
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