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The ceramic works of David Drake, aka, Dave the Potter or Dave the Slave of Edgefield, South Carolina, Jill Beute Koverman

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The ceramic works of David Drake, aka, Dave the Potter or Dave the Slave of Edgefield, South Carolina, Jill Beute Koverman
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eng
Abstract
"This study examines the extant work of a prolific potter, an African American named David Drake, who as a slave often signed his work 'Dave' and incised verses he had written into his clay vessels. One hundred twenty-nine vessels either clearly marked or attributed to Dave were catalogued, photographed, and compared to define stylistic traits based on forms, glazes, dimensions, marks, handwriting, and dates. Combined with archival research, the author has answered questions surrounding incongruous theories about the life and work history of Dave posited by earlier scholarship. Other questions. such as how did Dave learn to read and write and when did he die, remain unanswered."--Page 84
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non fiction
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The ceramic works of David Drake, aka, Dave the Potter or Dave the Slave of Edgefield, South Carolina
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Jill Beute Koverman
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Staff publications
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