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nhpharm

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Dug this in a privy a while back...sadly was unable to dig the privy completely out because it went under a building but dug enough to find that it was 1870's era. This pottery shard came out and I kept it because it is so different than the pottery I normally dig here in Texas. Anyone have any ideas on the origin? IMG_4778.jpgIMG_4779.jpg
 

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My best guess is mid 1800s to 1870s America, just like this Civil War era plate. They sometimes look too crazy/modern to have come out then.

I'd have kept it too. Yours has a South-western theme.
 

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I'm thinking maybe Mexican 1870's with a Native American inspiration? Definitely much different than most of what we find for pottery here.
 

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judging by your pic, it looks like the outside was decorated not the side that would be up, if it was a plate. what would be the diameter would you guess, could it be a lid or cover rather than a plate??.......looks almost picassoish in design....Andy
 

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It looks like a milk pan to me-very similar to a nice early redware milk pan I have...you are correct on the decoration...it is on the inside rather than the outside.
 

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It looks to me like a lid as well, although I've never seen a lid like that before. I don't see them decorating the part that was supposed to be the bottom but not decorating the top. I'm wondering if maybe something could have stood on top of it.
 

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