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Antique, hard bound book of sermons printed by the Moravian Church in 1756. Book is three-quarters bound in leather and brown paper. The majority of the paper cover is gone, but the leather is about seventy-five percent intact. The pages are intact,…

Glossy photograph of archaeologically recovered artifacts from different structures in Bethabara. Includes a shoe buckle, metal handle, spearpoint, marble, musket balls and shot, steatite pencil, thimble, spoon handle, silver coin piece, and piece of…

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11 Dec. 1781. "Br. Aust as well as Br. Christ have turned in a list of the piece work, which are almost alike. Both consist in the fact that the journeyman shall get, if he is preparing the clay by himself, for each piece that is sold for…

Redware stove tile of the pattern produced by Gottfried Aust. Stove tiles were manufactured in Bethabara as early as November, 1756, when ceramic stoves were installed in the Gemeinhaus and Single Brothers House. Ceramic Stoves were placed in most of…

Redware stove tile of the pattern produced by Gottfried Aust. Stove tiles were manufactured in Bethabara as early as November, 1756, when ceramic stoves were installed in the Gemeinhaus and Single Brothers House. Ceramic Stoves were eventually placed…

Glossy black and white photograph of ceramic candle holder with wax candle, ink vial with quill, paper with wax seals, and a kaolin pipe. The candleholder is an archaeologically recovered object manufactured by Moravian potter Gottfried Aust between…

Glossy black and white photograph with a 3/8" white border on the top, 1/"4 white border on the bottom and right. In the lower right corner of the photograph, there is an archaeologically recovered candlestick and an anthropomorphic fluted style pipe…

Glossy black and white photograph of an archaeologically excavated oil, or stand lamp manufactured by Moravian Potter Gottfried Aust between 1755 and 1771. The lamp is lit, standing in the lower right corner of the image, sitting on a wrinkled…

Excavation profile drawing of cellar B55 - 1786 Christ-Krause Waster Dump #2 on 11" x 8 1/2" ivory graph paper with green graphs and numbers along the left and bottom margins.
The sketch is of the cellar's west wall and illustrates the depth and…