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Object Number
2009.4.414
Display Title
Colorless glass bottle base and neck, shoulders, and finish fragments; open pontil scar; prescription finish; "Nitrate of Iron" etched onto surface
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Colorless glass bottle base and neck, shoulders, and finish fragments; open pontil scar; prescription finish; "Nitrate of Iron" etched onto surface; base fragment and neck, shoulder, and finish fragment may not go together; fragments crossmend, some have been mended with scotch tape
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Middlesex County
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Cambridge
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Harvard Yard
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Holden Chapel
Intrasite
H509.131; H508.071; H509.318; H509.135; H509.344; H508.291
Materials
Glass
Dimensions
Overall (Largest object): 8.4 × 6 × 0.1 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
Nitrate of Iron
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