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Brick, fragment, nine-sided, brownish-red, wedge-shaped at one end
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The eye stamped into this sherd makes it easily recognizable as a shard of Bellarmine, a name which alludes the Roberto Bellarmino (1542-1621), a Cardinal allegedly hated by protestant potters. Bellarmine-style stoneware has been dated as far back as…

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Here we can see the remnant of a small, used rose-head nail, bent out of shape from being pounded into the hard, native woods of New England.

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Scratch Blue Stoneware Sherd
Journal Entry: April 1768*

Mother and Father just paid a visit. Boring, as usual. Before they left for home Mother left me a gift: a tea set. As if I needed another one! Mother had insisted on giving me a set when I first left to come to the…
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Glass, fragment, flattened, yellow-brown
Six fragments of a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, a popular brand in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries that was produced in Lowell, MA. Embossed lettering indicates the contents and manufacturer.

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Fragment of wine bottle
During the 19th century, some students at Harvard could barely afford to eat as is evidenced by students’ inability to find decent and affordable food after the closure of dining halls in 1825. The excavation of this wine bottle draws attention to…

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This flint glass fragment is clear, but has a grey tint. The body of the glass is smooth to the touch and has a rounded edge that is often found in tavern glasses, or "thumpers".

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Red Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

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Seventeenth-century red clay brick that was likely used in the original construction of the chimneys or cellar floor of the Old College (begun 1638, completed 1643).

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In the hurried production of the coin, some of the 1864 minted pieces were accidentally made with a smaller motto.

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Blue and white, flat, triangular piece of Chinese porcelain. Slightly curved on the tip opposite of the design. Thickness increases towards this tip.

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Tin-glazed earthenware sherd. This ceramic sherd is distinguishable as tin-glazed earthenware by its buff pasty and shiny, fragile glaze. It is 1.9 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, and 0.4 cm thick.
The malleability of lead made it a popular choice for building components.  Due to its low melting point, lead is rarely found fully in tact and is typically bent or twisted.

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Fragment of a Clear Glass Tumbler

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