Sea Pottery Shard??


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Sea Pottery Shard??

by Sherryl Triplett
(St. Louis, MO)

We found a piece of ??? at Kill Devil beach in NC. It is a smooth triangular shape, has a creamy white background with sea-foam green stripes almost appearing like a sea shell texture. Could this be a piece of sea pottery??

We also found a couple of pieces I think may be sea glass; one is triangular-opaque white, smooth, flat and frosty. The others are more rounded, pea-like and kind of rusty in color(not orange,red or brown).

Any thoughts??

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Hi Sherryl,

It definitely sounds like you have found a sea pottery shard and some sea glass. However, it is hard to be sure. The rusty reds might be something else very interesting, it's hard to say.

For more info click:

*Sea "Pottery"??? by Jake
(SW Honshu Japan)

*Ceramic and Pottery Shards

*What is this? Ceramic?

If you get a chance to take some photos (on a windowsill you get good lighting) we could put them up here and be able to get a good look!

Thanks for posting,

David and Lin

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Sea Pottery Shard??

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Jan 20, 2012

Sea Pottery Shard
by: David @ Odyssey

It's exciting to find old pottery shards while looking for sea glass. Lin likes the more porcelain type with figures painted into it. I like the earthenware with solid or striped colors on it.

One thing about a lot of the pottery shards found on the beach is that they seem to wear down a lot faster than glass, especially the earthen ware, which is logical. With just a glazed surface over a brick-like base, they are musch softer than solid glass.

They look great in an arrangement with sea glass, stones, and shells.

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