Potsherd
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Manufactured in England
Medium
Clay
Geography
Ontario, Fort Albany
Date
1678-1720
Period
17th-18th centuries
Dimensions
5.2 x 4.7 x 1.1 cm
Object number
970.391.1553
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
This ceramic sherd from Fort Albany, Ontario, comes from an English tin-glazed or ‘Delftware’ earthenware vessel. The white glaze has mostly disappeared. This type of ceramic manufacture reached its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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