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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
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
Earthenware, buff, sherds
992-9-10/94820 Earthenware, buff, sherds
Body
Harvard Yard
Redware, sherds
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
Stoneware, English, sherd
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
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467C Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Raw Material
Game
St. Lawrence Island
Two matching molas, sewn together at one side.  Primarily red
979-27-20/25550 Two matching molas, sewn together at one side. Primarily red
Applique
San Blas Islands
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467B Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Raw Material
Game
St. Lawrence Island
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467F Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Raw Material
Game
St. Lawrence Island
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467G Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Raw Material
Game
St. Lawrence Island
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467D Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Game
Raw Material
St. Lawrence Island
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
995-29-10/73467E Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Raw Material
Game
St. Lawrence Island