Pearlware, blue on white shell edge, plate rim and base fragment; handpainted

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Object Number 983-4-10/58811

Display Title Pearlware, blue on white shell edge, plate rim and base fragment; handpainted

Descriptions

Inventory Description Blue on white handpainted shell/feather-edged pearlware plate rim and base fragment, white paste

Classification

Plate

Department Archaeological

Date 1840-1849

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Radcliffe Yard

Intrasite Agassiz Hall; east corner

Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University

Materials Pearlware

Dimensions Overall: 12.4 × 7.1 × 0.6 cm (4 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 983-4-10/58811

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