Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Luce Center
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Object name
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Date
1740-1783
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 4.1 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description
Delftware fragment excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; white glaze with manganese and cobalt decoration.
Credit Line
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number
INV.5924.512
Gallery Label
This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th Street in Washington Heights. It was stored with the Reginald Bolton Collection in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue. It was owned by soldiers, by a member of a soldier's family or by another civilian in the camp, or was obtained from local residents.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
