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Object Number
974-36-10/52364
Display Title
Sherds of 2 amber bottles; Larger probably from a medicinal bottle; Vessel with
Descriptions
Object Description
Sherds of 2 amber bottles; larger probably from a medicinal bottle; vessel with screw top possibly a salt shaker; probably first decade 20th c.
Inventory Description
Heavily molded brown glass vessel with screw top; two fragemtns of brown bottle glass
Classification
- Brown bottle glass
Department
Archaeological
Date
1900-1932
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Massachusetts
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Middlesex County
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Cambridge
/
Harvard Yard
Intrasite
Hunt-Canaday Hall Site
Additional Geographic Terms
Harvard University
Materials
Glass
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of complete vessel ): 7.2 × 4 × 4 cm (2 13/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
974-36-10/52364
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(1974)
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