Gretchen Sorin
Gretchen Sorin I learned to love museums while prowling around the galleries of the Newark Museum with my brother when we were children. I found CGP as a college undergraduate…
Pen
Bag 1008, Item 20 Pen. Cooper-alloy. Post 1861 This object is part of an E.Faber (Eberhand Faber) fountain pen. The company was known as Eberhand Faber Pencil Company, which was…
Whiteware Fragments
Bag 1013 Item, Item # 8 Whiteware. Ceramic. Base of plate. Origin: 1805-present Whiteware was common after 1820 and was popular because it was the cheapest form of kitchenware. For…
Blue-Transfer Print
Bag # 1008, Item #1 Whiteware. Ceramic. Blue-transfer print. Recovered from Myers Residence. Date of origin: 1817-1834 (Stamford 1987) This type of ceramic blue print was developed in Stafford, England…
Glass Fragments
HAA 1812, Bag 13, Item 4 – glass fragments, greenish tint, may be from 19th century bottle.
Bone fragment
HAA 1812, Bage 13, Item 12 – Bone fragment. Found on one of the HAA summer digs on the properties connected with the Myers Residence. Chicken, Beef or Pork?
Whitewear
HAA 1813, Bage 13, item 3 – Small fragment of clay whitewear. Probably part of a plate or crockery.
Nail Fragments
Box 1812, Bag 13, Item 7 – Two nail fragments from one of the digs. They are rough corroded metal and reddish brown in color. You can almost see the…
Hartgen 13-7
Nail. Rusted. Recovered from Myers Residence Soil borings 4256-21 Phase 1B Collection 1812 City of Albany, Albany County, NYS Storage box 1 of 1 bags 1-13 [Bag 13-7]
Blue transfer printed underglaze earthenware
Fragments of a blue transfer printed underglaze refined earthenware.
