If it's a common type piece, not an art piece, a good reference might be, "A 
Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America" by Ivor Noel Hume (University of 
Pennsylvania press). Since you're in NC, Williamsburg, VA is probably not too 
far away, and I would think would have someone who could identify your 
piece. If it's 18th Century it's likely European. We don't get a lot of 18th 
Century pottery in western Missouri where I'm at, so I don't think I would be 
much help.

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