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

Glass | Object #: 1829939

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina that becomes transparent when wet. Viewed with OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, green seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829942

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little patina, what is there appears white.

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

Glass | Object #: 1829945

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; thin white patina covering the bead, with the light green glass still visible through; on the perforation sides, a yellowish-brown patina has appeared. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/.017

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

Glass | Object #: 1829948

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina, thick; patina becomes transparent when wet and blue glass very visible. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, red seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1829949

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; red color completely obscured by white-silvery patina. When wet, the bead appears brownish-red to the eye. When wet and placed under the microscope (OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17), it shows to be a brighter red in color.

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

Glass | Object #: 1829950

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina. Casing visible by the naked eye, and confirmed under the microscope OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17

Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, white seed bead

Glass | Object #: 1830032

Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina

Large cast lead shot with visible stem.

Lead | Object #: 1833466

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of cast...

Small cast lead shot with visible seam

Lead | Object #: 1833468

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a singl...

Large cast lead shot with visible stem and seam

Lead | Object #: 1833488

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of cast...

Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple.

Lead | Object #: 1833500

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This small sized shot was manufactured by a technique invented by Prince Rupert in the seventeenth century. In this process, molten lead fluxed with arsenic is poured over coals in a colander like instrument which in turn is set above a barrel of water which c...

Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple

Lead | Object #: 1833542

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...

Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple

Lead | Object #: 1833568

This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...

Stamped copper alloy button face with star, geometric, and floral design.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1833654

This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped ...

Tombac flat disc coat button face.

Tombac | Object #: 1834791

Gray color beneath green corrosion and on break.

Copper alloy 2-piece button face.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1834864

This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped ...

Copper alloy box lid frame with hinge.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1835782

Belonged to small box, such as Battersea, snuff, patch or trifle box. Frame would have held face of different material. Iron rod still in partial hinge. Misshapen.

Copper alloy watch fob swivel seal with classical figure molded in intaglio.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1835906

Mix of Rococo and Neoclassical style. Glass inlay broken in 3 pieces. Appears to be gold foil underneath face. Missing other face- could have been another seal or metal backing.

Copper alloy watch fob swivel seal frame with acanthus leaves and cord design.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1836049

Slightly different frame than watch fob seal 1835906. Missing its seal face(s).

1-piece pewter spoon with egg-shaped bowl and attached handle.

Pewter | Object #: 1839371