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Glass, mold-blown, bottle; cobalt blue, body fragment, likely square or rectangular, embossed "[...]IL[...] / [...]GGIST[...] / [...]BRIDG[...]", Possibly "Cambridge"
Glass, mold-blown, bottle; cobalt blue, body fragment, likely square or rectangular, embossed "[...]IL[...] / [...]GGIST[...] / [...]BRIDG[...]", Possibly "Cambridge"
Object Number 2016.29.121
Display Title Glass, mold-blown, bottle; cobalt blue, body fragment, likely square or rectangular, embossed "[...]IL[...] / [...]GGIST[...] / [...]BRIDG[...]", Possibly "Cambridge"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cobalt blue glass bottle body fragment, likely square or rectangular, embossed "[...]IL[...] / [...]GGIST[...] / [...]BRIDG[...]", Possibly "Cambridge" or possibly H.S. Miles Druggist, Bridgeport, CT
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Date 1870-1920
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H939, Level 1, 45-53cmbd
Materials Glass
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 × 4.3 × 0.3 cm (2 5/16 × 1 11/16 × 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Harvard Yard Excavations, 2016

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