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Potsherd

Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Manufactured in Germany
Medium Clay
Geography
Ontario, Fort Albany
Date 1678-1720
Period late 17th-18th centuries
Dimensions 2.7 x 5.7 x 1.6 cm
Object number 970.391.3195
Description
This ceramic sherd from Fort Albany, Ontario, is a handle fragment from a salt-glazed stoneware vessel. It is part of a vessel that is decorated with blue lines on a grey background, in a style known as "Westerwald." This German manufacture dominated the English import market from the latter part of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century.
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