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Object Number 974-36-10/52358
Display Title Pieces of clear blue green bottle glass; Elliptical and round bottoms; Plain she
Descriptions
Object Description Pieces of clear blue green bottle glass; elliptical and round bottoms; plain sherds represent sherds of at least 4 bottles; the 2 with oval bases and marked with a cross are probably medicinal bottles
Inventory Description Aque bottle glass, fragments of molded base and body of oblong and round vessels
Classification
  • Aqua bottle glass
Department Archaeological
Date 1870-1900?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Hunt-Canaday Hall Site
Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University
Materials Glass
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of longest): 10.9 × 6.1 × 0.6 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 13
Label on object 974-36-10/52358
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (1974)

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974-36-10/52357 Pieces clear green glass; Rounded bottle sherds; 1 marked; Other: round bottomed
Aqua bottle glass
Harvard Yard
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Bottle
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Bottle Glass
Pipe stem
House Site; 36-ly-101
Image Not Available for 15 glass bottle bottoms
967-40-10/45598 15 glass bottle bottoms
Cambridge
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Tumbler
Colorless bottle glass
Harvard Yard
Image Not Available for 1 clear glass medicinal bottle. "brewer and co." printed on the bottom. period -
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Medfield sewer
5 pieces of glass (bulges of bottoms)
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Fragment
Arabia
Image Not Available for Round bottom, clear aqua glass bottle, incomplete. embossed
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Puddle Dock
Image Not Available for 3 Utility ware sherds - olla bottoms
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Jar
Site 89
Colorless glass bottle, two fragments crossmend. Two piece mold, tooled patent finish. Metal spout cap still intact. Colorless bottle glass fragment, crossmends with bottle
974-36-10/52356.2 Colorless glass bottle, two fragments crossmend. Two piece mold, tooled patent finish. Metal spout cap still intact. Colorless bottle glass fragment, crossmends with bottle
Domestic
Colorless bottle glass
Bottle
Harvard Yard
Colorless glass bottle; patent finish, three-piece mold blown, tooled neck
974-36-10/52356.1 Colorless glass bottle; patent finish, three-piece mold blown, tooled neck
Bottle
Harvard Yard