Artifact Colonial

Pottery shards (Staffordshire pearlware)

1700-1800 AD

Pottery shards (Staffordshire pearlware) — Colonial Artifact found at Money Pit, Oak Island, Nova Scotia. Dated: 1700-1800 AD
Pottery shards (Staffordshire pearlware) — 1700-1800 AD
Photo: The HISTORY Channel
Location Money Pit, 192 ft underground (Lot 18)
Discovered Lagina era
Date Range 1700 AD – 1800 AD
Category Artifact
Era Colonial

About This Artifact

Imitation Chinese porcelain; Blue Willow pattern (1810s-1840s); deepest human-made object recovered on island

Historical Context

Lagina team; Laird Niven identification

Where It Was Found

Found at Money Pit, 192 ft underground — the original 1795 excavation shaft on Oak Island, Nova Scotia.