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Object Number 974-24-10/52410.2
Display Title Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments, buttons, bu
Descriptions
Object Description Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments, buttons, buckle, pipestem
Inventory Description 1 glass ink bottle, 2 stoneware body sherds, 2 white refined earthenware body sherds (1 decorated), 1 flat glass fragment, 4 green bottle glass fragments, 1 green wine bottle, 3 kaolin pipe stems, and 1 bone button
Classification
  • Pipe stem
  • Bottle Glass
  • Body
  • Button
Department Archaeological
Date 18th century - 19th century
Culture
  • American
  • Post-Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston / Fort Independence
Intrasite N55 W15; Structure C; Level 2
Additional Geographic Terms Castle Island
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 15.8 × 7.2 × 7.1 cm (6 1/4 × 2 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 15
Label on object 974-24-10/52410; 10/52410; N55-W15-2

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments buttons, buc
974-24-10/52410 Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments buttons, buc
Fort Independence
Image Not Available for Mallet head, nails, buckle.
974-24-10/52410.1 Mallet head, nails, buckle.
Miscellaneous
Ft. Independence
1 wood button; 4 pieces glass; 4 pieces bone; Nails; Pieces of china.
974-24-10/52445.2 1 wood button; 4 pieces glass; 4 pieces bone; Nails; Pieces of china.
Handle
Unidentified
Fragment
Bottle Glass
Rim
Tumbler
Stemware
Body
Pipe
Ft. Independence
Buttons, nails, iron ring.
974-24-10/52454.2 Buttons, nails, iron ring.
Spoon
Ft. Independence
Chipping waste, coal, glass, pottery, buttons, pipe bowl fragments, pottery sher
970-12-10/50453.1 Chipping waste, coal, glass, pottery, buttons, pipe bowl fragments, pottery sher
Mortar
Rim
Base
Pipe stem
Fragment
Body
Brick
Coal/clinker
Button
Faunal Remain
Button
Stone
Chipping debris
Neville
Bone, nails, glass fragments china fragments
974-24-10/52455 Bone, nails, glass fragments china fragments
Faunal Remain
Bottle Glass
Cylinder
Rim
Button
Body
Base
Fort Independence
Glass fragments, spike buttons, shell, and nails
974-24-10/52408.2 Glass fragments, spike buttons, shell, and nails
Faunal Remain
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Image Not Available for Coin; buttons; nails; glass fragments; china fragments; iron ring
974-24-10/52454C Coin; buttons; nails; glass fragments; china fragments; iron ring
Hardware
Fort Independence
Bone, glass, china
974-24-10/52470 Bone, glass, china
Rim
Bowl
Plate
Button
Body
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Buttons, metal fastener (nautical), bone, and nails
974-24-10/52403.2 Buttons, metal fastener (nautical), bone, and nails
Faunal Remain
Bottle Glass
Fort Independence
Ceramic, kaolin pipe fragment, bone button, glass fragments, ceramic frags.
974-24-10/52396.2 Ceramic, kaolin pipe fragment, bone button, glass fragments, ceramic frags.
Pipe
Faunal Remain
Base
Flat Glass
Plaster
Body
Marble
Button
Fort Independence
Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
974-24-10/52420.2 Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
Plaster
Fragment
Utilized bone
Faunal Remain
Rim
Fort Independence