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These candy dish fragments were recovered in during the 2002 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Cottonwood Ranch in Sheridan County. The dish was reconstructed and archeologists were able to identify the material as slag glass, an opaque pressed glass with a swirling color pattern. Purple and white swirls, like the one on this candy dish, were the most popular color. The ranch was established by Abraham Pratt from Yorkshire, England, in 1878 to raise sheep. Pratt's son, John Fenton Pratt and his family continued to raise sheep at the ranch until 1904. Cottonwood Ranch is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a State Historic Site.
Date: 1878-1900
Item Number: 473840
Call Number: 14SD327
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 473840
Agriculture - Ranching
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Dish
Places - Counties - Sheridan
Places - Historic sites - Cottonwood Ranch
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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