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Image Not Available for Brown stoneware jar - pottery brown glaze.
Brown stoneware jar - pottery brown glaze.
Image Not Available for Brown stoneware jar - pottery brown glaze.
Object Number 983-4-10/58807
Display Title Brown stoneware jar - pottery brown glaze.
Descriptions
Object Description Brown stoneware jar - pottery brown glaze. Width at top: 6 cm; width at base: 7.5 cm; height: 19.0 cm.
Department Archaeological
Date 1840-1849
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Radcliffe Yard
Intrasite Agassiz Hall; East corner
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 7.5 x 19 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

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