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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…

This redware jug was recovered in the bisque state. It likely broke during the first firing and was never glazed. The body is only .125” thick. The reddish-buff clay is typical of that mined by Aust in Bethabara. A number of similar fragments were…

In 1773, William Ellis arrived in Bethabara and offered to teach Gottfried Aust how to make English Staffordshire-style earthenware in exchange for clothing and lodging. Ellis had been the superintendent of John Bartlam’s China Manufactory and…

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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Cover letter from archaeologist John W. Clauser, Jr. to former director of History Bethabara Park Rod Meyer. The letter accompanied an original copy of "Progress Report on the Bethabara Project For the 1965 Season" by Stanley South. The letter is…

Two-page letter type-written by Stanley South and addressed to Miss Mary Creech. Letter is in reference to the pump stock recovered from the 1807 well (B40 D)behind the 1788 Gemeinhaus, which was stolen from the 1830's Log House. The letter is a…

Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Tailor shop,, artifacts, and purchase procedures are discussed. Letter is on yellow carbon transfer paper, measuring 11" x 8 1/2". Three holes…

Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Items discussed include the bell house, artifacts, future plans, vacation, and John Miller (SSMC 6-60 004). Letter is on yellow carbon…

Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Items discussed include the Store, dog burial, Tailor Shop, Fort Wall, artifact storage, and Jewell South.. Letter is on yellow carbon transfer…

Copy of a letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the display and care of artifacts excavated from Bethabara.