Greetings, all...

A friend sent this to me today. To say the least, I was a little unsettled
... there's a market for broken shards with a tenuous-at-best connection to
a Rev War battle???

Perhaps I'm just naive,
Megan.

>Title of item:  225 Yr. old Pottery Frags Colonial America
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>Starts: May-25-02 17:42:37 PDT
>Ends:   Jun-01-02 17:42:37 PDT
>Price:  Starts at $1.00
>To bid on the item, go
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>
>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. I fully guarantee everything I sell and receive from excavator's
>across this GREAT USA! SHIPPING is $3.50 on these artifacts. Thanks for
>looking! HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!***** REMEMBER OUR FALLEN
>SOLDIERS!***********
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