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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 / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / 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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