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Empty Vessels

  • Jerry King Musser
  • Feb 8
  • 1 min read

Here are a few examples of discarded items found in the back yard of the Mifflin House, Second and Walnut Streets, Columbia. Unearthed during an archaeological excavation around 1995, these items are now held in the Lloyd Mifflin Society's archives.

_________ Donated to the Lloyd Mifflin Society by Cle Berntheizel, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2025.


Wine or beer bottle w/partial cork. Measures ±9-inches tall. Original cork.
Wine or beer bottle w/partial cork. Measures ±9-inches tall. Original cork.

Sugar or jam dish lid. Measures ±5.4-inches by 4.25-inches.
Sugar or jam dish lid. Measures ±5.4-inches by 4.25-inches.

Front and back of a Spaulding Glue bottle, circa 1860. Measures 3.25-inches high x 1.5-inches in diameter.
Front and back of a Spaulding Glue bottle, circa 1860. Measures 3.25-inches high x 1.5-inches in diameter.

Small cream pitchers. Each measures ±2.4-inches high.
Small cream pitchers. Each measures ±2.4-inches high.

Crockery fragments. Measures ±4.6-inches from base to rim.
Crockery fragments. Measures ±4.6-inches from base to rim.

 
 
 

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