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Plaster fragment from window or door surrounds.

Plaster | Object #: 1695456

Plaster fragment from room corner.

Plaster | Object #: 1695458

Plaster fragment from room corner.

Plaster | Object #: 1695461

Plaster fragment from near floor boards.

Plaster | Object #: 1695464

Plaster fragment with lathe marks.

Plaster | Object #: 1695468

Bone fan blade; fan guard.

Bone | Object #: 1695567

Incomplete fan guard consisting of 3 fragments. Carved decoration same as 2517.

Bone fan blade; fan guard.

Bone | Object #: 1695571

Carved decoration same as 2516.

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,

"Gold ringer" cowrie shell.

Shell | Object #: 1695729

Latin name: Monetaria (Ornamentaria) annulus. Also called ring cowrie or gold finger. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Stone marble.

Stone, unid | Object #: 1695733

Metallic thread.

Textile | Object #: 1707244

Multiple strands. Possibly button-related. Gold gilt thread with silk core; S-twist

Copper alloy clothing hook with one eye.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1800383

Blonde blade-based gunflint.

Chert/Flint, Honey-Brown | Object #: 1829427

Color associated with french flint/chert. Appears retouched and used along multiple edges. Blade- based gunflints perfected mid-18th century (Kenmotsu, 1990:100).

Brown "chalk-heel" gunflint.

Chert/Flint, Honey-Brown | Object #: 1829450

Parks Canada notes "chalk-heel" flints retain portions of cortex from original nodule. Slightly concave back.

Blonde gunspall-type gunflint fragment.

Chert/Flint, Honey-Brown | Object #: 1829468

Wedge-shaped

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.

Gray flint/chert core with cortex.

Chert/Flint, Grey-Black | Object #: 1829713

Opaque and darker than core 1829506.

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. ...

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.

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...