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Container - Ceramic, Bristol Glaze, circa 1835-circa mid-20th century Archaeology Reg. No: HA 67

Container - Ceramic, Bristol Glaze, circa 1835-circa mid-20th century
Description:
Two conjoining fragments from the rim of a stoneware container with brown Bristol glaze. The form of the rim suggests the fragments are from a wide-mouthed jar. The date range of manufacture is circa 1835 to circa mid-20th century.
Acquisition Information:
Transfer from Godden Mackay Logan Heritage Consultants, 2009
Discipline: Archaeology - Historical

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Tagged with: world heritage, royal exhibition building, archaeology
Themes this item is part of: World Heritage, World Futures, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Western Forecourt Collection
Primary Classification: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Secondary Classification: Unidentified
Tertiary Classification: container
Activity: Unidentified
Specific Activity: Container
Trench Unit Number: G12/4/8/009
Manufacturer: c 1835-c 1958
References: Poplar Forest 1996: 23; Arnold 1989: 13; Brooks 2005: 28; Joy 1998 C-5; Klose and Malan 2000: 54
Bibliography:
  1. [Book], Poplar Forest Archaeology Lab and Field Manual, The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Forest, 1996, 1996, 23 Pages
  2. [Book], Ken Arnold, Collecting Australian Found Stoneware, Crown Castleton Publishers, Maiden Gully, 1989, 1989, 13 Pages
  3. [Book], Alasdair Brooks, An Archaeological Guide to British Ceramics in Australia, 1788-1901, Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology, Sydney, 2005, 2005, 28 Pages
  4. [Article] Joy, D. 1989. Appendix C: Diagnostic Cultural Materials, Ceramics., 1998, 5 Pages
  5. [Article - Journal] Klose, J & Malan, A. The Ceramic Signature of the Cape in the Nineteenth Century, with Particular Reference to the Tenant Street Site, Cape Town. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 55: 49-59., 2000, 54 Pages

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