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Here's hoping that the vast body of knowledge out there can provide some
clues on a ceramic mark.
I have two blue shell-edge pearlware plates (small ca. 8 inch diameter).
Both have only an impressed tiny heart as the mark (no letters, no other
sign of other marks).
I suspect these might be an individual potter's mark, but am interested to
hear if anyone out there has seen a similar mark.
Both were recovered from a small subfloor cellar at an early frontier site
in Middle Tennessee. The primary occupation of the site is 1780-1806,
with a relatively minor occupation extending to ca. late 1820s. Based on
archival research and the rest of the extensive artifact assemblage, the
cellar was probably abandoned and filled in either 1795 or 1806. The most
likely "purchase" source for the ceramics would be western Virginia or
North Carolina (the origin point for most of the occupants of this
fortified agricultural community).
I've checked all the standard sources (Godden, Kovel, etc.) and haven't
found any comparable impressed hearts. Nor have I found any comparable
marks from the two or three sites of similar age excavated in Tennessee.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Kevin E. Smith, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology -- PO Box 10
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA 37132
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