Plimoth Plantation Announces Gift of Pilgrim-Era Pottery
The Museum of London has given several 16th and 17th century ceramics to Plimoth Plantation.
Plimoth Plantation is pleased to announce that the Museum of London has transferred ownership of eight ceramic pots from the 16th and 17th centuries. These pieces will help Plimoth Plantation recreate the artifacts used by the early colonists. The ceramics have been at Plimoth Plantation since 1970, when Assistant Director James Deetz asked London’s Guildhall Museum, a precursor of the Museum of London, to lend Plimoth Plantation some examples of everyday pottery. According to Curator of Collections and Library Karin Goldstein, “Almost all of the dishes from the Pilgrim era that are preserved in museums are special, decorated pieces that were passed down through families. Very little common pottery survives outside of archaeological sites…
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