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Oil Lamp
Redware oil lamp manufactured by Gottfried Aust in Bethabara. This lamp is coated in a brown glaze. The brown color was obtained by adding manganese oxide to the lead glaze.
The lamp’s design is unique. It has a base similar to candlesticks found…
The lamp’s design is unique. It has a base similar to candlesticks found…
Smooth Pipe
Brown ware pipe with a large section of the bowl broken and missing. The pipe body is made of white clay and is covered with a manganese lead glaze, producing a dark brown, slightly speckled, glossy finish.
This is one of Gottfried Aust's smooth,…
This is one of Gottfried Aust's smooth,…
Fluted Anthropomorphic Pipe Fragment
This fluted anthropomorphic pipe fragment appears to have been fired one time. It appears to have had copper oxide glaze applied, and possibly a brown or clear glaze applied. It appears as if the pipe may have broken prior to the second firing since…
Large Triangular Trivet
Trivets were a type of kiln furniture used to support glazed objects. Trivets were made three ways in Bethabara. They could be molded by hand like this one, turned on a potter’s wheel and shaped with a knife, or made with a plaster press mold.
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Round Trivet
Trivets were a type of kiln furniture used to support glazed objects. Trivets were made three ways in Bethabara. They could be turned on a potter’s wheel and shaped with a knife like this one, molded by hand, or made with a plaster press mold.
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John & Joseph Butner Maker Mark
This very unique pottery shard is marked with a stamp, “JOHN & JOS. BUTNER.” It is the base of an unknown redware object. The exterior is unglazed, while the interior has the remains of dark brown glaze.
John Butner took over the Bethabara…
John Butner took over the Bethabara…
Fluted Anthropomorphic Pipe
This unglazed, fluted anthropomorphic pipe is made of mottled reddish-buff and white clay formed in a pipe press, using a brass pipe mold.
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. This example has wide…
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. This example has wide…
Fluted Anthropomorphic Pipe
This glazed, fluted anthropomorphic pipe is made of reddish-buff colored clay formed in a pipe press, using a brass pipe mold.
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. Unlike the earlier pipes, this…
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. Unlike the earlier pipes, this…
Fluted Anthropomorphic Pipe
This unglazed, fluted anthropomorphic pipe is made of white clay formed in a pipe press, using a brass pipe mold.
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. This example has wide flutes on the bowl and stem.…
The pipe features a fluted body with a human face on the bottom front of the bowl. This example has wide flutes on the bowl and stem.…
Fluted Pipe
This unglazed, fluted is made of white clay formed in a pipe press, using a brass pipe mold. It features a fluted body with small flourishes between the widely spaced flutes.
This pipe was recovered from the foundation of 31 FS 6, the…
This pipe was recovered from the foundation of 31 FS 6, the…
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Buttons and Buckle Fragments
Photograph of artifacts from recovered from various structures on glossy paper with white background. The artifacts include metal clothing buttons,…