Archaeological Objects
date: label: date curtain or shade ring made
content: 1865 - 1905
label: date comb made
content: 1860 - 1910
label: date shell-edged ware made
content: 1775 - 1810
label: date blue-transferware made
content: 1815 - 1830
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place curtain or shade ring made
content: United States
label: place comb made
content: United States
label: place shell-edge and transferware sherds made
content: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
label: place hard-paste porcelain made
content: China
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
topic: label: Subject
content: Building & Architecture
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Personal Accessories
label: Subject
content: Personal Hygiene
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alexander B. C. Mulholland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.252318.0043
label: catalog number
content: 252318.0043
label: accession number
content: 252318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: materials, construction
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: zinc (curtain or shade ring material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber, hard (comb material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware, lead-glazed (pearlware) (shell-edge sherds; transferware sherds material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware, lead-glazed (whiteware) (whiteware sherds material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain, hard-paste (porcelain sherds material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (porcelain sherd decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware, lead-glazed (redware) (porcelain sherd decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: stoneware (stoneware sherds material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (shards material)
label: Physical Description
content: coal (2 chunks of coal(?) material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint (piece of flint material)
label: Physical Description
content: mortar (mortar material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (bone fragments material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, largest: 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 4 5/16 in; .635 cm x 3.81 cm x 10.95375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, smallest: 1/16 in x 9/16 in x 3/8 in; .15875 cm x 1.42875 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: curtain ring: 3/16 in x 1 3/4 in; .47625 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: comb: 1 3/8 in x 3 in x 1/16 in; 3.4925 cm x 7.62 cm x .15875 cm
label: Measurements
content: shell-edged sherds put together: 3 in x 3 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm