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Alkaline-glazed stoneware was a distinctly southern phenomenon. The earliest centers of alkaline-glazed production were the Edgefield area of South Carolina and the Catawba River Valley of North Carolina. During the second quarter of the nineteenth century, potters working in Edgefield County, South Carolina began decorating their wares with iron washes and kaolin slip. Vessels from the Phoenix Factory, which was managed by Collin Rhodes (1811-1881) and Thomas Chandler (1810-1854), exhibit a broad range of motifs including undulating lines and swags, flowers, reptiles, human figures, domestic animals, and social scenes.

This tradition remained alive into the twentieth century, with earthenware and stoneware traditions flourishing throughout the South, and alkaline-glazed stoneware being made in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi.