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Object Number
992-9-10/94780
Display Title
Stoneware, Rhenish, sherds
Descriptions
Object Description
Stoneware, Rhenish, sherds; grey body, salt-glazed. Cobalt and manganese colorant, applied decoration. Two are rims with "heart and diamond" decoration; band just below rim of tankard (one of which is used as the cover photo on Stubbs 1993, "Salvage Archaeology in Harvard Yard"). Others are body sherds; one has "bird and flower motif" with game bird and floral desgins. One has border fragment from medallion with the text, "ET" (possibly latin phrase around medallion). Others have plain floral motifs or unidentified designs. 17th-18th cen, probably 18th cen.
Inventory Description
Ceramic, sherds, mug?, molded designs with blue and red on grey ware
Classification
- Mug
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Middlesex County
/
Cambridge
/
Harvard Yard
Intrasite
1992 Waterline Project; H344; N/S trench opposite Harvard Hall
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 7.5 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
H344; H337; 992-9-10/94780
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 992-9-10/94820 | Earthenware, buff, sherds |
Body
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/94825 | Redware, sherds |
Body
Base |
Harvard Yard
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Stoneware, brown, sherds
| 992-9-10/94749 | Stoneware, brown, sherds |
Sherd
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/94811 | Stoneware, English, sherd |
Base
|
Harvard Yard
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Redware, sherds
| 992-9-10/94828 | Redware, sherds |
Sherd
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 995-29-10/73467C | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Raw Material
Game |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
| 995-29-10/73467B | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Game
Raw Material |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
| 995-29-10/73467F | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Raw Material
Game |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
| 995-29-10/73467G | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Game
Raw Material |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
| 995-29-10/73467D | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Raw Material
Game |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
| 995-29-10/73467E | Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) |
Game
Raw Material |
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 979-27-20/25550 | Two matching molas, sewn together at one side. Primarily red |
Applique
|
San Blas Islands
|