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C5-3514 F1 SQ B (South Yard) 0-.5′ BS
C5-5983 F3 (Hearth) SE CORNER HEARTH JUN 60
C5-7434 EU 3 (North Yard) 0-1′ BS JUL 60
C5-7694/9435 EU 2 (North Yard) 0-1′ BS JUN 60

This vessel is a small plate with a distinctive turquoise glaze that was probably a product of the Persian Empire produced during the Safavid period(1501-1732). Fragments of similar vessels have been found at the Wing Fort House in Sandwich (in ca. 1700 context), the Ezra Perry II (Aptucxet Trading Post Museum) Homesite (in a ca. 1720 context), and from the William Bradford III Homesite in Kingston (in a ca. 1720-30 context). This vessel, like the Italian and the Portuguese ones, appear to represent a new focus on trade and the acquisition of foreign luxury items from the south to southwestern Mediterranean area in the early 18th century.