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Object Number 983-5-10/58836
Display Title Pieces of ceramic; Scratch blue, salt glaze chamberpot; 2.5 cm - smallest piece,
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stoneware chamber pot sherds with scratch blue design including rim and body
Classification
  • Chamber pot
Department Archaeological
Date late 18th century
Culture
  • Historic Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Lehman Hall
Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University
Materials Stoneware
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 × 8.7 × 0.3 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/16 × 1/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 983-5-10/58836

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