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Object Number
973-29-10/52199
Display Title
China and earthenware sherds
Descriptions
Object Description
China and earthenware sherds
Inventory Description
Ceramic, including plain body sherds of redware, creamware, and pearlware, a whiteware base, and an ironstone mug rim with gilded banding at rim
Classification
- Base
- Body
- Rim
Department
Archaeological
Date
18th century - 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Essex County
/
Ipswich
/
Potato field Site
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of rim fragment): 4.4 × 4 × 0.4 cm (1 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
973-29-10/52199; 10/52199
Provenance
Provenance
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1973)
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