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Image Not Available for Earthenware, lead glazed, slip decoration, rim sherd; yellow and brown, scratched letters on unglazed exterior possibly "H..."
Earthenware, lead glazed, slip decoration, rim sherd; yellow and brown, scratched letters on unglazed exterior possibly "H..."
Image Not Available for Earthenware, lead glazed, slip decoration, rim sherd; yellow and brown, scratched letters on unglazed exterior possibly "H..."
Object Number 2011.14.3703
Display Title Earthenware, lead glazed, slip decoration, rim sherd; yellow and brown, scratched letters on unglazed exterior possibly "H..."
Descriptions
Inventory Description Yellow and brown slip decorated redware vessel rim fragment, scratched letters on unglazed exterior possibly "H..."
Classification
  • Rim
Department Archaeological
Date 1630-1795
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Trench Salvage. 0-2.5 ft below ground surface. Drain installation under path adjacent to/south of Old College cellar site, in front of Weld.
Materials Redware
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 × 5.3 × 1.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/16 × 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
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Aqua flat glass
Harvard Yard
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Colorless flat glass
Harvard Yard
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Rim
Body
Harvard Yard
Earthenware, slipware, North Midlands type, yellow and blue on brown; sherds, unglazed exterior, trailed slip design
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Rim
Body
Base
Harvard Yard
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Rim
Harvard Yard
Colorless bottle glass fragment with embossed letters, including "H" and "C"
2008.22.2697 Colorless bottle glass fragment with embossed letters, including "H" and "C"
Colorless bottle glass
Harvard Yard
Olive green bottle glass fragment with embossed letters "LU" and "H"
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Olive green bottle glass
Harvard Yard
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Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
One brick fragment; four unglazed redware body sherds; one unglazed redware rim sherd; one lead glazed redware body sherd; one lead glazed and slip decorated redware rim sherd
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Rim
Body
Brick
Harvard Yard
Yellow, green, and brown slip decorated redware vessel rim fragment, unglazed exterior
987-22-10/106201 Yellow, green, and brown slip decorated redware vessel rim fragment, unglazed exterior
Rim
Harvard Yard
Brown and yellow slip decorated redware vessel body fragment, unglazed exterior
992-9-10/94696 Brown and yellow slip decorated redware vessel body fragment, unglazed exterior
Body
Harvard Yard
Colorless curved glass fragments, one possibly from a lamp chimney, two with molded designs and letters
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Colorless bottle glass
Harvard Yard