Earthenware:
“Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay.” Earthenware aesthetics in North America has changed numerous times over history but when Africans were brought to the Americas, traditional African styles began to mix with both European and Native American pottery, creating a new aesthetic.

Source: Earthenware. Dictionary.com. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/earthenware (accessed: March 16, 2009).