Figure 1 Southern Porcelain Company marks. Top: S.P. Company/Kaolin/ eagle/S.C. in a shield. Note the hand inscribed X on each sherd. Bottom: (Left) Very light mark S.P./Company/ eagle/Kaolin/S.C. in a diamond-shaped cartouche. (Center) S.P./Company/ Kaolin/S.C. in a shield. (Right) Four lines of print, but only one is legible: S.C. The latter is alkaline-glazed stoneware while the others are biscuit. (Courtesy, Diachronic Research.) Figure 2 S.C.P.Co. mark on biscuit from the kiln. South Carolina Pottery Company. (Courtesy, Diachronic Research.) Figure 3 Majolica bowl with rose, and biscuit example from the site, marked S.C.P.Co. South Carolina Pottery Company. (Courtesy, the Ferrell Collection.) Figure 4 Biscuit plate, pieced together from three different plates. Molded decoration reads Merry X-mas and Happy New Year. South Carolina Pottery Company. (Courtesy, Diachronic Research.) |