Pottery shards

10 years ago

Does anyone know anything about identifying pottery shards found in the ground? We occasionally dig up pieces in the garden. Today we found a blue and white piece while digging a hole for a tree. Our house is from 1936, so I don't expect the pottery is very old, but there was an earlier (Victorian era) house before the property was subdivided, so it could be older.

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schoolhouse_gw
10 years ago
I can't identify your shard but wanted to say that I also find blue/white pottery pieces about my property. I save them all. I also find bullets! yikes. Maybe they shot the plates like in skeet??

Anyway, it is exciting to turn up some history isn't it? Good luck perhaps someone will be able to help you identify your pottery.
Catherine Z8-ish PNW
10 years ago
No ID for you but that sure is a pretty shade of blue.

Yikes to finding bullets! In my area we can turn in that sort of thing to our PD.

DH uncovered some enormous nuts (many inches across) on our first lot when digging planting holes.
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toxcrusadr
10 years ago
You probably need to find a ceramics expert. The Antiques forum here has some pretty sharp people. And there may be other sites around the web devoted solely to dishes and pottery.

Not sure why one would need to turn in old lead bullets to the PD or why they would want them. Live ammo, I could understand.