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Fragments of bowl or wash basin; Light blue to white glaze
Fragments of bowl or wash basin; Light blue to white glaze
Object Number 974-36-10/52379
Display Title Fragments of bowl or wash basin; Light blue to white glaze
Descriptions
Object Description Fragments of bowl or wash basin; light blue to white glaze
Inventory Description Blue glazed whiteware sherds, base and body
Classification
  • Base
  • Body
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • American
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 Whiteware
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 12.7 × 5.3 × 1.9 cm (5 × 2 1/16 × 3/4 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 974-36-10/52379
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (1974)

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Ornamental vessel; Probably wash bowl; Possibly late 19th century blue and white
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Body
Rim
Base
Harvard Yard
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Rim
Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Faunal Remain
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Base
Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Base
Harvard Yard
White undecorated pearlware vessel body fragment, white or light buff paste; Whiteware vessel body fragment, white paste, 1 green transferprint; undecorated creamware vessel body fragments, light buff paste; White undecorated tin-glazed earthenware vessel body fragment, buff paste
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
Light blue on white transferprinted whiteware vessel body fragment
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Base
Harvard Yard