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Blue transfer printed whiteware bowl sherd
Blue transfer printed whiteware bowl sherd
Object Number 974-36-10/52375.1
Display Title Blue transfer printed whiteware bowl sherd
Descriptions
Object Description ornamental vessel; probably wash bowl; possibly late 19th c. blue and white pattern. floral
Inventory Description Blue transfer printed whiteware bowl sherd
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Archaeological
Date late 19th 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 Whiteware
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 974-36-10/52375
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (1974)

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