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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 / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / 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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