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Archaeologists at Mount Vernon discovered a window into the diet and food preserving methods of colonial America.
Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate found a hoard of 18th-century bottles buried in an old cellar ...
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“Great Jars of China”
18th-century Britain’s passion for porcelain. This is not the first time that Westerners have conflated arguments about gender, anxiety about international trade, and fantasies about Chinese ...
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Jars Found at Thrift Store Turn Out to Be Treasures From the Qing Dynasty
An associated pair of Chinese doucai "lotus ... a pair of 4.5-inch-tall ceramic jars bought at a London charity shop for £20 (or $25) turned out to be 18th-century, Qing-Dynasty porcelain ...
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Archeologists unearth 35 jars of fruit from 18th century from Mount Vernon cellar
We first told you about jars of cherries from the 18th century discovered at Mount Vernon ... They were found in five storage pits in the mansion's cellar. Of the 35 bottles, 29 are intact and ...
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Qing dynasty jars bought for $25 at thrift store fetch over $74,000
The two imperial Chinese doucai “lotus and chrysanthemum” jars, which were produced in the 18th century, fetched £59,800 ($74,500) at Roseberys auction house in London on Tuesday. Doucai is a ...
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Chinese jar valued at £500,000 unsold
A Chinese jar which auctioneers thought may fetch up to £500,000 at auction has failed to meet its reserve. The 18th Century jar stood in a Shropshire house near a dining room window for 30 years.