The potter usually worked alone. The Colonial American potters worked with many different kind of clays. The colors of the clay were reddish, brownish, or grayish. A potter's wheel was used to shape the clay.
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On Pottery in Colonial America; by; ... Skilled potters who emigrated to America usually worked in the urban areas where more jobs were available. The rural American potter was often self taught or taught by other potters who never had the benefit of learning the trade in one of the large well organized European centers.
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pottery, Colonial America, Britannica Online Encyclopedia, There is little detailed information about the pottery made by the early European settlers in North America. Most of it was manufactured locally for local needs and from the clays that were nearest to hand. ... The artist-potter...
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In colonial times a potter's job required many tools to make their crafts. To begin their crafts they need water and clay. They needed clay to make pots, pans and cups. After they got all the clay they pat all the air bubbles out of the clay.
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BALLER UP: a person who assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay ... CORDER: a colonial official whose duty was to verify cords of wood before sale...
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The thumping of the potter's wheel was soon heard in every colonial town of consequence, and for New England alone [says Lura W. Watkins] 250 potters were recorded by 1800, twice that number by 1850. How many more were never mentioned at all?
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The earliest recorded colonial potter in America was here in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640 yet Jamestown Virginia archeological evidence for a working pottery site was found for the period of 1625-50. . It would be wonderful for me to easily pick up a Directory of Potters for 1678 but there are no existing logs.
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