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1-piece pewter spoon with puritan-shaped bowl and visible rat tail.

Pewter | Object #: 1839405

Pewter handle fragment with a fan-shaped end.

Pewter | Object #: 1839475

3 fragments, 1 of them shows the fan-shaped end. Conserved together and form/size and same context suggests they are a part of the same handle.

Copper alloy "axehead" horse strap keeper.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1839503

Strap keeper, likely for horse accessory. Face is stylized asymmetrical "axehead" with cordoned lines. Face is a deeper gold than back- different copper alloy.

Circular copper alloy leather ornament with 2 tines.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1839525

Slight chip missing from face where second tine was attached. Open circular hole in center of face.

Circular copper alloy leather ornament with 2 tines.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1839629

Tines broken. Open circular hole in center of face. In profile, ornament face is trapezoidal.

Circular copper alloy leather ornament with 2 tines.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1839641

1 tine broken. Circular open hole in center of face. In profile ornament face is trapezoidal.

Daniel Parke Custis wine bottle seal.

Non-Lead | Object #: 1840926

This fragment is a wine bottle seal, bearing the initials of DP Custis. Wine bottles such as this were primarily imported from Britain and Europe in the eighteenth century, and were commonly used to consume cider, beer, wine or liquors in colonial households of all statuses. Seals such as these...

Elephant ivory pistol-grip fork handle

Bone | Object #: 1845353

Only the end of the handle, the pistol grip. Can see the very start of the tang hole--appears cir circular in shape. Thickness is comparable to the pistol-grip handles of forks

2-piece elephant ivory pistol-grip fork handle

Bone | Object #: 1845372

Full length of handle; circular hole for tang. Length and thickness comparable to other examples of fork handles in the Mount Vernon collection

2-piece bone utensil handle with carved herringbone decoration

Bone | Object #: 1845379

Both scales have three pins and mirroring decoration. One of the scales has iron adhered to the inside.

Iron knife blade with rectangular tang

Iron | Object #: 1845430

Completeness includes the tang and part of the blade

Iron and bone clasp knife

Iron | Object #: 1845468

Very fragmented, one fragment in particular shows the folded position of the knife blade next to the bone handle.

Small straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851503

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Large straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851509

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Small straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851516

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Small straight pin with handmade head and visible tinning

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851519

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy, which is apparent on this example. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purposes. In addit...

Dot, diaper white salt glaze stoneware tableware

Stoneware | Object #: 1890407

This fragment of white salt glazed stoneware is a portion of a plate rim decorated by press molding. This white bodied ceramic was produced by combining naturally white clays with ground and calcined flint. In the process of press molding, clay sheets were pressed into block molds to form both ...