Edgefield pottery

Alkaline-glazed stoneware bowl or milk pan form with wide banded rim made by Thomas Chandler. “Lime” glaze is smooth and shiny. Coloration is light beige-khaki on exterior, interior is grayish green with blue/green or celadon glaze drips and puddles. Exterior also has glaze drips. Interior is decorated with iron slip that has been applied in a loop pattern on the sides and a floral pattern on the bottom. Glaze has been wiped off the rim; exterior base is unglazed. Finger marks are apparent on exterior walls at base. Some iron spots occurred at base during firing. Clay body is red indicating a high iron content.

Alkaline-glazed stoneware jug with applied face, also known as a face jug, with eyes and teeth made of white kaolin. This jug is attributed to an unknown African-American potter working at the Colonel Thomas Davies factory in the Edgefield District.