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The Tin-Glazed Sherds
Joseph Browne, Harvard Class of 1666

These fragments are from two plates that I broke in 1664 during my sophomore year at the College. My friends and I may have had too much rum, and our rowdiness got rather out of hand. We thought it would be…

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This green 18th century pharmaceutical glass is smooth to the touch and has two separate pieces--one being a part of the short neck and the other making up the body of the  bottle.

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Front view of pewter button excavated from unit H931, Level 3, depth of 68-80cm. Note the plainness of the button and the absence of decorative detail.

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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…
The light color of this musket ball is due to a natural buildup of lead carbonates, sulfides and oxides over time, which helps confirm its age and material composition.

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Background: The website, Diagnostic Artifacts of Maryland, allows us to conclude that the artifact that we excavated is a German brown salt glaze stoneware with iron oxide slip from the 17th century (Image 1). This is most likely from the neck of a…
Turquoise Glass Bead. This Class II 2A31 bead was likely made between the mid 17th and 18th centuries in Venice or Amsterdam. It is 0.6 cm in diameter and 0.5cm long.

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Blue Hand-painted Shell-edged Pearlware Plate Sherd

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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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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.
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Red Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

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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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