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Object Number 992-9-10/94811
Display Title Stoneware, English, sherd
Descriptions
Object Description Stoneware, English, sherd. salt-glazed, slip dipped, grey, interior red-brown. Probably reduced (firing conditions) form of "Fulham" type tankard. 18th cen.
Inventory Description Sherd
Classification
  • Base
Department Archaeological
Date 18th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite 1992 Waterline Project; H343; N/S trench SE of Harvard Hall
Materials Stoneware
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 × 2.7 × 0.9 cm (2 9/16 × 1 1/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H343

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