Detail View: Massachusetts Historic Bottles Collection: Decorative "toddy" plate

Accession number: 
UMAG00063
Collection Name: 
UMass Archaeological Services Bottle Collection
Site name: 
Ephraim Skerry House/March St. detour
Complex title: 
Skerry House
Site date: 
17th, 18th, 19th centuries
Modern location: 
Salem, Massachusetts
UMAS identifier: 
UM103 - 30.7
Artifact name: 
Decorative "toddy" plate
Artifact function: 
household
Artifact form: 
plate
Artifact material: 
glass
Image view description: 
Top of toddy plate with log cabin design visible
Artifact condition: 
reconstructed, small chunk missing
Artifact color: 
colorless
Manufacturing techniques: 
mold
Artifact date: 
19th century
Artifact terminus ante quem: 
1860
Artifact repository: 
UMass Archaeology Services
Notes: 
log cabin design with a flag of sorts on it containing 9 stars in 3 rows and 4 stripes; used to carry hot "toddy" beverages
Rights: 
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)