Milk glass chalice (fragment)
Item
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Title
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Milk glass chalice (fragment)
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Description
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Milk glass chalice c. 20th century.
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The chalice, among other objects, was discovered during a scheduled excavation at the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church property on December 12, 2020. It was later classified as milk glass, which was commonly used for decorative objects, household items, and even commercial packaging, such as cold cream jars, in the 19th and 20th century in the US and Europe. The glass gets its characteristic milky appearance from the addition of minerals such as tin oxide, bone ash, or feldspar during production.
The excavation was part of an investigation of the soil conditions in an area immediately adjacent to the church building. The investigation was done to test the ground prior to an expansion to house a new HVAC system and to create an accessible entrance to the building.
Mt Zion AME Church was established in around 1850 at another location close by. The church later burned down around 1890 and was rebuilt at its existing location in 1899 and subsequently earned a federal designation on The National Register of Historic Places (SSAAM, n.d.).
Both churches played an important role in the local African-American Community in the 19th and 20th centuries (Buck, Elaine, and Beverly Mills, 2018). The building is now the headquarters of the Stoutsburg-Sourland African-American Museum, established in 2014 (Burrow, Ian. 2021). The property, along with the Reasoner/True House, includes a five-acre farm adjacent to the church.
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Contributor
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Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
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Date Created
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(c. 1930 - 1960)
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Creator
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Mt. Zion AME Church
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Rights
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This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact info@ssaamuseum.org and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
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Identifier
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2023.2.3.4
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Format
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Physical Object
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Extent
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1 item
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Spatial Coverage
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Hillsborough Twp. NJ
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Publisher
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SSAAM
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Is Part Of
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2023.2.3.1 and 3
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Subject
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Chalices
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Archaeology
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Milk glass--Collectors and collecting
