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Object Number
974-24-10/52482
Display Title
Chamberpot fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
208 refined earthenware- body, rim, and base sherds, 1 porcelain body sherd, 2 pieces of bottle glass
Classification
- Bottle Glass
- Base
- Body
- Rim
Department
Archaeological
Date
18th century - 19th century
Culture
- Colonial Period
- American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Suffolk County
/
Boston
/
Fort Independence
Intrasite
N50 W70, structure a, level 2-3
Additional Geographic Terms
Castle Island
Materials
Earthenware , Porcelain , Glass
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 13.3 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm (5 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
211
Label on object
974-24-10/52482; 10/52482; N 45 W 69; N 50 W 70; N 40 W 65; N 40 W 70; N 45 W 60; N 50 W 60; N 65 W 60; N 50 W 55; N 35-N 40 W 50
Provenance
Provenance
William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
(1974)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 983-5-10/58847 | Pieces of ceramic - salt glaze; Chamberpot?; Including 1 basal sherd and two han |
Body
Rim Base Base Handle |
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/102508 | White lead glazed porcelain rim fragments, white paste, likely basin or chamberpot |
Rim
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 974-36-10/52374 | Miscellaneous assortment of ironstone cup, saucer, and chamberpot? fragments; Fr |
Base
Body Rim |
Harvard Yard
| |
| 970-12-10/51110.2 | 13 pottery, 1 pottery fragment, 5 glass, 4 potsherds with blue glaze, chipping w |
Flat Glass
Bottle Glass Coal/clinker Base Rim Body Chipping debris |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/51197.2 | 11 bones & fragments); 2 coal; 5 brick & stone fragments; 24 chipping waste; 8 g |
Brick
Fragment Base Body Rim Chipping debris Faunal Remain Coal/clinker Bottle Glass Worked Wood |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50506.2 | 20 bone; 7 pottery; 13 glass; 13 chipping waste; 5 coal; biface fragment - perfo |
Coal/clinker
Faunal Remain Chipping debris Body Rim Flat Glass Bottle Glass Unidentified Base |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/51174.1 | 23 pottery, 2 pottery fragments, 7 glass, 3 potsherds with blue glaze, 1 pipe st |
Body
Chipping debris Rim Faunal Remain Flat Glass Bottle Glass Coal/clinker Slate Pipe bowl |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/51108.1 | Chipping waste, button, glass, pottery |
Coal/clinker
Chipping debris Button Rim Body Flat Glass Bottle Glass |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/51109 | 18 quartz chips; 1 bone chip; 52 stone chips; 7 pieces glass; 12 pieces glazed p |
Faunal Remain
Coal/clinker Bottle Glass Flat Glass Rim Body Chipping debris |
Neville
| |
| 974-24-10/52476 | Ceramic, kaolin pipe fragments, ceramic sherds, glass fragments |
Bottle Glass
Pipe bowl Flat Glass Base Body Pipe stem Pipe |
Fort Independence
| |
| 970-12-10/50604.2 | Bone, chipping waste, pottery, iron, charcoal, glass, pottery sherd, biface frag |
Rim
Body Bottle Glass Flat Glass Chipping debris Faunal Remain Biface |
Neville
| |
| 974-24-10/52415.2 | Glass, china, and nails |
Bottle Glass
Body Rim Flat Glass |
Fort Independence
|