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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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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
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Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, green seed bead
Glass | Object #: 1829942
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little patina, what is there appears white.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Drawn, simple, sub-spherical, white seed bead
Glass | Object #: 1830032
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina
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Black, ovular, unidentified object with possible double perforation, flat sides.
Glass | Object #: 1830045
Kidd type unknown due to distorted shape; original shape type and manu tech also indeterminate. Little to no patina.
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Quartz oil stone.
Quartz | Object #: 1830086
Possibly similar to "Turkey Oyl Stone" Washington orders in 1759. Oil stones are whetstones, used for sharpening or honing, novaculite-rich from area of Ottoman empire http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/what-is-an-oilstone-2. Appears broken along 3 faces with 3 original faces. ...
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Sandstone whetstone.
Sandstone | Object #: 1830101
Concave sides from excessive use of sharpening many tools. Thin groove along one face for the sharpening of a tool. Iron corrosion surrounding groove. Appears similar to Aquia sandstone quarried locally for Mansion foundation and early outbuildings on the estate.
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Strip of lead shot gang mold sprue.
Lead | Object #: 1830464
This artifact is a strip of lead sprue waste, related to the production of gang molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. In this latter type, molten lead was poured into the top of t...
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Possible large misshapen, cast lead shot
Lead | Object #: 1832393
This artifact is a fragment of lead, possibly related to the production of molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. Regardless of type, molten lead was poured into the top of the mol...
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Cut slate with marks.
Slate | Object #: 1832403
Uniform in profile, appears to retain 1 (possibly 2) original edges. One face has 1 X and a series of parallel lines cutting faintly into the surface. Possibly from use as architectural material, or possibly re-purposed as writing surface.
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D-shape iron utilitarian buckle frame.
Iron | Object #: 1832972
In poor condition. Missing tongue. D-shape single frame iron util. buckle. May have once had plate- pin has piece of metal looped around frame that may have once connected body of plate to buckle.
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2 piece convex bone button back fragment with 2 visible eyes.
Bone | Object #: 1833384
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stampe...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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