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Object Number
983-5-10/58849
Display Title
Pieces of bottle glass; One rim sherd, one basal, 8 body sherds; All of varying
Descriptions
Object Description
Ten pieces of bottle glass; one rim sherd, one basal, 8 body sherds; all of varying thicknesses; ranging in color from dark brown to light green; many with flaking surfaces
Inventory Description
Handblown dark green bottle glass, fragments of base and body
Classification
- Green bottle glass
Department
Archaeological
Date
late 18th century
Culture
- Historic Period
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
Intrasite
Lehman Hall
Additional Geographic Terms
Harvard University
Materials
Glass
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 8.6 × 6.5 × 0.8 cm (3 3/8 × 2 9/16 × 5/16 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
983-5-10/58849
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