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Object Number
974-36-10/52374
Display Title
Miscellaneous assortment of ironstone cup, saucer, and chamberpot? fragments; Fr
Descriptions
Object Description
Misc. assortment of ironstone cup, saucer, and chamberpot? fragmnets; fragments of bowls (functions unknown) and unidentified objects; includes basin bottom, marked "imperial parisian granite" to 1910? also possible shaving mug fragment (thin). construction site.
Inventory Description
Irronstone sherds of base, body, and rims of various vessels, including plates, mugs, chamber pots, and utilitarian ceramic, some have makers' marks
Classification
- Rim
- Body
- Base
Department
Archaeological
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
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
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 13.3 × 8.2 × 1.6 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity
61
Label on object
974-36-10/52374
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(1974)
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