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William III shilling.

Silver | Object #: 1694030

Identified as possibly pewter during conservation. Too worn to identify exact date. Identified as William III shilling. Mary II not present.

Copper alloy thimble fragment.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694063

Bottom edge.

Two-piece domed button.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694092

Face detached from back. Possibly a shirt button.

Copper alloy umbrella tip.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694093

Cone-shaped. Incised double line. Symmetrical holes at center. Narrow tip covered.

Copper alloy book corner.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694160

Trolley token.

Copper | Object #: 1694166

Marked "ONE FARE IN THE DIST. OF COL. 2" on one side and "WASH RY.& E.CO./CAP. TRAC. CO." surrounding a "W" in center.

Copper alloy folding rule ferrule.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694168

Three-part ferrule or reinforment at end of folding rule. Center pin would have gone through ruler to connect two flat, rectangular fragments, one of which has 6 incised measuring lines.

Copper alloy tinker's dam.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694174

Patched with eight rivets.

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,

Silver-alloy plated copper alloy button face with stamped floral and geometric design.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1785147

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 ...

Coat button with Sheffield plate silver face.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788365

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, cut into the approximat...

2-piece "Death Head" button face with silver/tin plating.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788584

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 two-piece domed waist coat button face and shank.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1789053

This is a shattered 2-piece copper alloy button. After conservation, the button shattered into approximately ten fragments and therefore no measurements other than weight was recorded. Notes from prior to conservation indicate the original measurements were as follows: the height of the dome wa...

Gilded and stamped copper alloy waist coat button with bone back

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1789382

Heavily corroded and fragmented. Missing its shank. Note on tag says "cannot withstand treatment". Measurements taken from largest metal frag.

Copper alloy flat disc coat button.

Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1796817

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

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 ...

1725 silver spanish 2-real coin, cut into 1/8

Silver | Object #: 1840590

This wedge of silver is a Spanish 2 real coin that has been cut into a 1/8th portion. Just visible on the piece are the numbers “25,” and small fragment of a crown surmounting a shield bearing the royal arms, indicating the coin was minted in 1725 during the reign of Phillip V. Comprised of pur...

Quartered white metal coin.

Metal, white | Object #: 1840827

Worn white metal (silver?) coin that has been quartered. Crude and uneven- perhaps a cob coin. Later cob coins cruder- http://www.sedwickcoins.com/articles/colonialcoinage.htm

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...