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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4387957, member: 8267&quot;]It is certainly not very old. I meant to say that the white specs (I can&#039;t see well what is going on in your photos) look similar to what sometimes happens when ground shell has been used as one of the ingredients in the clay. They may have been reproducing the type of clay body used in prehistoric Mississippian pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippian_culture_pottery#:~:text=The%20clay%20was%20tempered%20with,usually%20with%20ground%20mussel%20shells.&amp;text=Higher%20quality%20ceramics%20feature%20a,ground%20as%20to%20look%20untempered" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippian_culture_pottery#:~:text=The%20clay%20was%20tempered%20with,usually%20with%20ground%20mussel%20shells.&amp;text=Higher%20quality%20ceramics%20feature%20a,ground%20as%20to%20look%20untempered" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippian_culture_pottery#:~:text=The clay was tempered with,usually with ground mussel shells.&amp;text=Higher quality ceramics feature a,ground as to look untempered</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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