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Bethabara Payroll, August, 1964

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Carbon copy of Bethabara Project payroll signed by Stanley South and Brad Rauschenberg. Blank entry is likely for Jewell South, who was in the hospital at the time.
Paper is yellow, 11" x 8 1/2".

Bethabara Payroll, August, 1964

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Carbon copy of Bethabara Project payroll signed by Stanley South, Patricia E. Grace, and Madora V. Drummond.
Paper is yellow, 11" x 8 1/2".

Brown and Yellow Ware Cup

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This large, thin-walled redware cup was thrown on a potter’s wheel. To achieve the brown exterior and yellow interior, white slip was applied to the cup’s interior while a manganese oxide glaze was applied to the exterior. A number of incised and…

Buttons and Buckle Fragments

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Photograph of artifacts from recovered from various structures on glossy paper with white background. The artifacts include metal clothing buttons, sleeve links, silver shoe buckle fragments, a hook and eye set, steatite pencil, and a slipware…

Camlung der Loosungs und LertBüchlein der BrüderGemeine. Brieter Band.

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Hard, leather bound collection of Moravian sermons from 1756 – 1761. Leather shows some wear on front and back covers. Spine is worn, back cover is almost completely detatched, it is in a very delicate state. A red band on the pine with gold figured…

Candle Holder

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This candle holder is made of redware with a brown manganese glaze on the top surfaces. The underside is unglazed, aside for areas where trails of glaze ran down the sides. This piece was thrown on a potter’s wheel by Gottfried Aust.

A number of…

Candlestick

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This unglazed candlestick is made of mottled buff, red, and dark gray clay. This piece was thrown on a potter’s wheel. Once the basic shape was established, a sharp tool was then used to cut the facets, and to carve out the cup for the candle.…

Chamber Pot

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This is an unglazed, bisque-fired chamber pot is made of reddish-buff clay. This piece was found in fragments and reassembled by the archaeologists. The piece was thrown on a potter’s wheel by Gottfried Aust in Bethabara. It features a small foot,…

Christ Pattern Corner Stove Tile

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Redware stove tile of the pattern produced by Rudolph Christ. 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…

Cream or Milk Pot

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Cream and milk pots were the most commonly produced item in the Wachovia potteries. This style of pottery is commonly known today as a crock. While both cream and milk pots appeared on pottery shop inventories, the elements which distinguished the…