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Object Number
974-36-10/52356.2
Display Title
Colorless glass bottle, two fragments crossmend. Two piece mold, tooled patent finish. Metal spout cap still intact. Colorless bottle glass fragment, crossmends with bottle
Descriptions
Object Description
29 pieces of glass bottle sherds; 2 small intact medicinal bottles; screw-top bottle; bottle with "spint" (cologne or bayrum); 2 marked sherds: one with horace bartlett, family chemists; Cambridge, Mass
Inventory Description
Colorless glass bottle, two fragments crossmend. Two piece mold, tooled patent finish. Metal spout cap still intact. Colorless bottle glass fragment, crossmends with bottle
Classification
- Bottle
- Domestic
- Colorless bottle glass
Department
Archaeological
Date
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
Glass , Metal
Dimensions
Overall (Largest fragment): 8.1 × 5 × 4.9 cm (3 3/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
974-36-10/52356
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(1974)
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