One burnt refined earthenware body sherd from a hollowware vessel. Likely burned during the Great Fire of 1835 in New York City. Glazed on both sides. There are scratches on the blackened exterior surface, but there are no stains on the paste.
210.77
Hollowware
Ceramic
Body
Burned
April 1981 - June 1981
This excavation conducted in 1981 uncovered archaeological resources from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The report is in 6 volumes. Please click the following to access each volume: The Archaeological Evaluation of the Seven Hanover Square Block, New York, ...
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ca. 1841
This deposit is located between floors #2 and #3 in Lot 28. Excavation began at the level of the wooden basement floor of the most recent building to stand on the lot and revealed the remains of two additional wooden ...
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1835
Fire was a constant threat in dense places like New York. From the days of Dutch settlement in the early 1600s, city leaders had tried to legislate away the danger in various ways–mandating brick rather than wood construction, ...
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(1880 - 1920)
(1880 - 1920)
(1819 - 1835)
(1829 - 1842)
(1829 - 1842)
(19th Century)
(Post 1820)
