Reconstructed Colonoware Vessel

3D Model

Reconstructed colonoware vessel from a mid 18th-mid-19th-century brick making site on the banks of the Back River on Joint Base Charleston, SC. The vessel was found and partially recovered during National Register evaluation testing conducted by Versar, Inc. for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. Individual sherds from the base and part of the body were physically mended then recorded using photogrammetry in Agisoft Photoscan. The separate pieces were then oriented to each other and a hypothetical vessel outline added in Autodesk Maya. Virtual reconstruction shows the vessel would have been approximately 13 cm tall and 18 cm wide. The opening may have been approximately 12.5 cm in diameter. Given these measurements, the vessel could have held approximately 1.7 liters, which is typical of colonoware pots or jars of this shape found in the Carolina Lowcountry.