The term ceramic.
How to identify colonial ceramics.
Ceramic objects are often identified by their marks.
Without kilns that could produce high firing temperatures they typically produced earthenware using local clay.
Germans influenced pottery in the northern states.
Items made from porcelain a type of white clay with kaolin as its main ingredient belong to the broader field of all ceramics.
The final step in identifying a pottery type is to analyze the decoration.
Not all pottery used during the colonial period originated in america.
While the british were in control american potters were prohibited from making.
How to identify colonial era pottery.
One such mysterious mark is the capital a found on a rare group of 18th century british.
What pottery early american colonists produced was mostly for their own use.
Marks like the chelsea anchor or the crossed swords of meissen are well known and were often pirated while the significance of others is uncertain.
How to tell porcelain figurines from ceramic.