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See “Stoneware Stories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina” on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/L3foSINclL #StonewareStories #ceramics #Edgefield #pottery This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.

The poem quoted above explains the storage jar’s use. After it was filled with salted meat, the pot could be sealed with tallow or wax, hence the reference to lighting candles. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.

The enslaved potter known as Dave inscribed many of his approximately forty known pot poems at Lewis Miles’ factory from 1849 to the early 1860s. Dave’s short poems reflected his daily life; some are light-hearted, others more serious. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.

"A very large jar which has four handles pack it full of fresh meat—then light candles" Dave (c. 1800–70s) April 12, 1858 #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.

#StonewareStories Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. See it online: https://t.co/L3foSINclL This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

The clay was then ready to be turned on a “kick” or treadle wheel. Lastly, the dried wares were coated with an alkaline glaze solution. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

The potter weighed the necessary amount of clay according to the size of the vessel that they wanted to produce, kneaded the clay, then formed the clay into a ball. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

Thomas Chandler and other Edgefield, SC, potters often mixed different clays together to achieve the proper balance and ground their clays in a pug mill to obtain the right consistency for turning. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

#StonewareStories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates and online at: https://t.co/L3foSINclL This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.

Thomas Chandler likely incorporated a large quantity of silica & lime in his glaze formula to create these wares. Chandler’s pale green glaze resulted from small amounts of iron oxide in the glaze combined with the pots being fired in a kiln deprived of oxygen. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.

Shortly after arriving in Edgefield, Thomas Chandler mastered the use of local kaolin clay and alkaline glazes, creating beautiful pots that exhibited a celadon-like gloss surface similar to those produced in China and Korea. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.

"Stoneware Stories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina" is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.