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Thimble.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694584

Width ranges from 15.92 to 17.88. Slightly bent at rim.

Small pewter bowl, possibly from a child's tea or dish set.

Pewter | Object #: 1694589

Rim diameter: 25.31mm. Base diameter: 14.49mm. Vessel has a footring. Flared rim.

Glass salt or short cup.

Lead | Object #: 1694734

Engraved wine glass bowl.

Lead | Object #: 1694753

Length and height of mended sherd group.

Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, blue bead.

Glass | Object #: 1694908

Kidd and Kidd: IIa - Drawn-nontubular-monochrome.

Thimble.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694987

Irish "wood" halfpenny coin dated 1723.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1695728

on the reverse: woman (Hibernia), harp, and "HIBERNIA 1723"; on the obverse: bust of George I and "GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX"; Noel Hume (1969:156-157,

"Gold ringer" cowrie shell.

Shell | Object #: 1695729

Latin name: Monetaria (Ornamentaria) annulus. Also called ring cowrie or gold finger. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Stone marble.

Stone, unid | Object #: 1695733

Large, wound, simple black bead.

Glass | Object #: 1695762

Kidd and Kidd: WIa - Wound-singlelayered.

White-striped, black glass bead.

Glass | Object #: 1695764

Kidd and Kidd: IVb - Drawn-nontubular-multilayered-adventitious.

Leaded glass decanter with copper-wheel engraved decoration.

Lead | Object #: 1695793

Ground bore, flared rim.

"TR"-marked pewter shoe buckle.

Pewter | Object #: 1695830

"TR" on hook inside frame facing up. See Fales (1995:55, plate 27); caption reads, "Pair of silver shoe buckles worn by Elizabeth Paschall on her wedding day, 11 May 1721, according to the engraved inscriptions on the back of the buckles. They were made and marked (FR in a heart...

Pair of cast copper alloy sleeve buttons with link.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1785993

This is a complete linked button, often referred to as a sleeve button. This example is made of cast copper alloy disks joined by a single link. Decoration could be formed through the casting process, or through engraving. In this example, the decorative elements consist of six large dots arran...

Faceted colorless glass inset sleeve button.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1787193

Catalogued from drawing.

Gilt waist coat button with basketweave design and a bone back.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1787872

This a two piece button with gilt and basketweave decoration. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. In the earliest examples of this style from the mid-eighteenth century such as this example, four eye holes were drilled into the bone ...

Cast domed pewter waist coat button with "H" and "P" touch mark

Pewter | Object #: 1789039

This is a one piece cast pewter button with a domed face. Pewter was an alloy used throughout the eighteenth century, and was comprised of tin and either copper, antimony, or lead. The low melting point of pewter meant that it was easy to cast in molds. Evidence of the casting process can be se...

Cast flat disc pewter waist coat button.

Pewter | Object #: 1796839

On display at International Museum of Slavery, Liverpool. Catalogued from drawings.

Copper alloy coat button with shank cast in boss.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1800280

This is a one piece metal button, which archaeologists often refer to as “flat disc” buttons. One piece buttons were often made of copper alloys. The shank of this button was a length of copper alloy wire which was inserted into the mold as the button was cast. This style of introducing the sha...

Copper alloy waist coat button with shank cast in boss.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1800327