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Green-glaze cream colored refined earthenware vessel, unid.

Refined Earthenware | Object #: 1723155

These fragments of thinly potted cream colored ceramic are too small to reliably identify as a particular form. One of the primary ceramics advancements of the mid-eighteenth century was the development of thinly potted cream colored ceramics. In the early 1740s, the same clays used for white s...

Pearlware vessel with blue decoration.

Refined Earthenware | Object #: 1723194

Tiny sherd of blue decorated pearlware. Burned.

Handpainted green pearlware vessel.

Refined Earthenware | Object #: 1723553

Small sherd of pearlware with handpainted green decoration.

American gray stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725127

Scratch blue, White Salt Glaze stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725145

Measurements taken from largest mended portion.

Debased scratch blue, white salt glaze stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725160

Grayish blue exterior, white interior.

White salt glaze stoneware vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725579

Thin-walled vessel with very flared rim and little curvature. Likely from vessel with irregular rim form.

White salt glaze stoneware hollow vessel with footring.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725628

Possible bowl or chamberpot.

Whit salt glaze stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725712

Unidentifiable shallow hollow vessel without footring, thin body. Measurements taken from largest mended portion.

White salt glaze stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1725759

Hollow vessel without footring. Could be utilitarian or tableware.

Nottingham stoneware hollow vessel handle.

Stoneware | Object #: 1729914

Ribbed handle to hollow vessel. White slip visible between salt glaze and body.

English Brown stoneware hollow vessel.

Stoneware | Object #: 1729984

Salmon wash interior.

Nottingham stoneware hollow vessel base.

Stoneware | Object #: 1729991

Nottingham stoneware base to table or teaware. White slip visible between salt glaze and body.

Chinese export porcelain flatware vessel

Porcelain | Object #: 1730697

Very small sherd. Likely a plate rim.

Light blue hollow ware glass with fleur de lis design.

Non-Lead | Object #: 1782216

This small fragment of glass is a part of a French perfume bottle and offers an intriguing story of international trade networks. Despite the slightly golden appearance caused by weathering effects, the color of this fragment was originally a dark blue, achieved by adding cobalt to molten glass...

Unidentifiable copper alloy button

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788231

This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, eith...

Unidentifiable iron button with shank

Iron | Object #: 1789384

This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, eith...

Black, ovular, unidentified object with possible double perforation, flat sides.

Glass | Object #: 1830045

Kidd type unknown due to distorted shape; original shape type and manu tech also indeterminate. Little to no patina.

Stamped copper alloy button face with star, geometric, and floral design.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1833654

This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped ...