Physical Description
One fragment of an unidentified earthenware item. Decoration consists of three thin silver bands bordered by slightly thicker gold bands on either side. This type of cheap gilded decoration was manufactured from the mid-19th century.
Physical Description
One fragment of an unidentified earthenware item. Decoration consists of three thin silver bands bordered by slightly thicker gold bands on either side. This type of cheap gilded decoration was manufactured from the mid-19th century.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Historical Archaeology, Royal Exhibition Building
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Godden Mackay Logan Heritage Consultants (GML), Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Australia Gallery, History & Technology Department, Museum Victoria, 20 Nov 2009
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Manufacture Date
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Context Number
F12/15/108
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Site
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building Western Forecourt
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Activity
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Specific Activity
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Decoration
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Colour
Gold and Silver
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Type of item
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References
Majewski and O'Brien 1987: 153; Miller 1991: 9; Klose and Malan 2004: 54
[Article - Journal] Majewski, T & O'Brien, M J. 1987. The Use and Misuse of Nineteenth-Century English and American Ceramics in Archaeological Analysis. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory. 11: 97-209., 1987, 153 Pages
[Article - Journal] Miller, George L. A Revised Set of CC Index Values for Classification and Economic Scaling of English Ceramics from 1787 to 1880. Historical Archaeology. 25 (1): 1-25., 1991, 9 Pages
[Article - Journal] Klose, J & Malan, A. The Ceramic Signature of the Cape in the Nineteenth Century, with Particular Reference to the Tenant Street Site, Cape Town. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 55: 49-59., 2004, 54 Pages
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