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Edgefield alkaline-glaze pottery district

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: crockery, kiln waste.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Heart of the Edgefield alkaline-glazed stoneware tradition, home to Dave the Potter and many antebellum pottery works. Old town lots and pottery-site margins hold stoneware waste and household refuse.

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