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Tobacco pipe stem, base and bowl.

Tobacco pipe stem, base and bowl.

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1806995

This is a fragment of a white clay tobacco pipe. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth century people. Individuals as diverse as planters and enslaved laborers, men and women, adults and children may all have used objects such as this pipe. Moreover, pipes would...

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Tobacco pipe stem, base, bowl, and rim.

Tobacco pipe stem, base, bowl, and rim.

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1807014

This is the most complete white clay tobacco pipe from House For Families assemblage. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth century people. Individuals as diverse as planters and enslaved laborers, men and women, adults and children may all have used objects suc...

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Tobacco pipe base, bowl and rim.

Tobacco pipe base, bowl and rim.

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1807015

This is a fragment of a white clay tobacco pipe. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth century people. Individuals as diverse as planters and enslaved laborers, men and women, adults and children may all have used objects such as this pipe. Moreover, pipes would...

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Copper alloy shoe buckle with openwork decoration and silver wash.

Copper alloy shoe buckle with openwork decoration and silver wash.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1819474

Curved profile. Drilled frame for separate pin. Distance to pin terminal is 29.69. Length of buckle would have been 58.38mm. Openwork design with rococo elements which became popular after 1750 (Whitehead 103).

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Copper alloy shoe buckle frame with gilt rococo scrollwork decoration.

Copper alloy shoe buckle frame with gilt rococo scrollwork decoration.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1819519

Curved profile. Drilled hole for separate pin. Traces of gilding on front and back near pin terminal. Pin was possibly iron.

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Copper alloy shoe buckle frame with openwork and geometric design.

Copper alloy shoe buckle frame with openwork and geometric design.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1819577

Most likely shoe buckle due to size, although only a small fragment so cannot see if the profile curves. Openwork holes closed in due to corrosion/conservation.

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Copper alloy shoe buckle openwork frame fragment with scrollwork and linear design.

Copper alloy shoe buckle openwork frame fragment with scrollwork and linear design.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1819757

Corner of shoe buckle with openwork frame.

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Iron knee buckle with anchor hook and double prong tongue.

Iron knee buckle with anchor hook and double prong tongue.

Iron | Object #: 1820836

Although oriented horizontally with a slightly curved profile, is the size of a knee buckle and has typical double prong tongue and anchor hook with cutout of knee buckle. Heavily conserved.

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped white seed bead with clear casing

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped white seed bead with clear casing

Glass | Object #: 1823623

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina; casing visible under microscope--viewed with OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

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Drawn, simple, black tubular bead,

Drawn, simple, black tubular bead,

Glass | Object #: 1823633

Kidd and Kidd type Ia, little to no patina, relatively long compared to the other samples of Ia black beads found at House for Families

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Drawn, large, simple, blue barrel-shaped bead with white stripes parallel to perforation

Drawn, large, simple, blue barrel-shaped bead with white stripes parallel to perforation

Glass | Object #: 1823668

Kidd and Kidd type Ib, significant silvery patina especially on one side of the bead

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead.

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead.

Glass | Object #: 1823731

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead.

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead.

Glass | Object #: 1823745

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silver patina obscuring blue glass--true color visible immediately upon wetting the bead.

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, blue-green seed bead

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, blue-green seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1823789

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina in patches

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Gray flint/chert core.

Gray flint/chert core.

Chert/Flint, Grey-Black | Object #: 1829506

Same material as finished gunflints; tag says "Dover chert". Multiple negative flake scars and a series of bulbs of percussion along one edge.

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped blue seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829760

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina

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Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, blue-green seed bead

Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, blue-green seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829787

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; overall thin white patina, beginning to show yellow patina on the perforation sides. White patina disappears when wet and the blue-green color of the glass is visible, but the yellow patina remains. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, red seed bead

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, red seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829830

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; black-purple patina totally obscuring red glass, which can be seen under microscope showing through the sides of the bead. Black patina does not decrease when wet. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, black seed bead

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, black seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829933

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; black-purple patina that becomes more transparent when wet; viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

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Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, clear seed bead

Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, clear seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829938

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; iridescent patina that is transparent when wet.

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