Re:  Jim Cusick's comment:
>I know Stan South has local pottery being
>made in imitation of Mexican wares for 16th century Santa Elena--however, I
>think they are all unglazed forms (not sure about this).
>
>james cusick
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Jim may be referring to the kiln at Santa Elena (correct me if I'm wrong
Jim). This was a mid to late 16th c. Spanish kiln that produced a variety
of micaceous redware (unglazed and wheel thrown) vessels.  Stan notes that
many are unlike Spanish colonial vessels and that some are in the Moorish
Islamic tradition.  I'm not sure that "imitation of Mexican wares" is a
good comparison, though.  Rather, both the Mexican pots and those at Santa
Elena were derived from a similar tradition.  There is a (very) little
information available about the kiln, as well as an image of some of the
vessels, at
 
http://www.cla.sc.edu/sciaa/south.html
 
Chris Clement