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Excavation Finds: Crucible Fragments with Cobalt Residue, English or Northern Europe, ?18th Century

Inventory Number 45494


Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum Excavated at the Museum of the History of Science during the course of refurbishment work in 1999.
Physical material
Ceramic
Object type
Crucible
Inventory No
45494

Description

Crucible sherds showing blue cobalt residue.

One composite piece made up of three fragments, and three further separate fragments.