Author: Jeanne Alyluia

Publisher: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada [and] Environment Canada ; Hull, Que. : available by mail from the Canadian Government Pub. Centre, Supply and Services Canada

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 150

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The 19th-century glassware from the Roma site falls into nine major categories on the basis of function. In descending order of artifact concentration, these are: liquor bottles; medicinal bottles; miscellaneous glassware; perfume and cosmetic containers, and sauce bottles (equal quantities); lamp chimneys and mirrors (equal quantities); stoppers, and ink bottles. Approximately 100 identifiable objects are represented, the majority of which were excavated from the MacDonald store, although they do not necessarily date from its period of occupation. The collection is typical of the 19th century, and includes a cross-section of many of the types of utilitarian glasswares which were available at the same time and which could have been purchased at a general store. While some of the glassware may have been manufactured in Canada, it also appears to have been imported from the United States, England, and in one case, Scotland.