All Other Artifacts - Page 10 of 12
Limestone marble.
Limestone | Object #: 1839776
The object pictured here is a simple toy marble. It is made of limestone and polished smooth. While it is always difficult to associate an archaeological item with a singular person, it is possible a toy such as this would have been used if not owned by one of the many enslaved children living ...
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3/4 of a limestone marble.
Limestone | Object #: 1839784
Does not appear to belong to marble fragment 1839762 because to put them together would create an egg-shaped marble. Breaks apart easily
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Blonde shatter from gunflint.
Chert/Flint, Honey-Brown | Object #: 1839790
Blonde shatter is byproduct of making gunflint.
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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...
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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
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Plain weave bast-fiber textile fragment.
Fiber, bast | Object #: 1841151
Once adhered to silver spanish coin 1840590. Came off post-conservation. Reverse of coin date (25) and quatrefoil impressed into textile. Partial pseudomorph, part organic. Bast (vegetal) fiber. Likely linen. Could be hemp. Plain (tabby) weave. Threads appear to be Z-spun.
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Polished raccoon baculum with incised line.
Bone | Object #: 1841966
Missing tip close to thinner end of baculum. Incised line toward thicker end, uneven, and does not totally circle shaft. Iron corrosion on one side.
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Bone fan guard with incised linear decoration.
Bone | Object #: 1842496
Both ends broken. Piece was closer to the rivet and is thinning out toward the top.
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Iron knife blade with rectangular tang
Iron | Object #: 1845430
Completeness includes the tang and part of the blade
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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.
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Bone brush back with central threaded hole.
Bone | Object #: 1845545
Possibly a crumb brush or clothing brush. Row of 6 holes along shorter sides. Row of 13 holes along edge of two longer sides. 2 central rows consist of 4 holes each. Central hole is the largest and is threaded where handle would have screwed in. Tiny hole above central hole. Some holes retain C...
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Coiled copper alloy jewelry wire with suspension loop at each end.
Copper Alloy | Object #: 1849239
One suspension loop incomplete. Identical to 16th/17th century coiled wire illustrated in "Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance" on page 28.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bottle Gourd seed, 3 fragments
Organic | Object #: 1880783
Latin name: Lagenaria siceraria. Bottle Gourds are native to Africa and can be eaten as well as used in a variety of ways including as storage containers. (McKnight, Justine W, 2015. "A Study of Macro-botanical Remains Recovered from the House for Families at George Washington?s Mount Ve...
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Black Locust Charcoal fragments.
Organic | Object #: 1880848
Black Locust wood. Latin name: Robinia pseudoacacia. Black locust wood is very strong and durable in the soil which made it a favorite for fences. It was also used in folk remedies. (McKinght, Justine W. 2015. "A Study of Macro-botanical Remains Recovered from the House for Families at Ge...
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Hickory charcoal fragments.
Organic | Object #: 1880900
Hickory wood. Latin name: Carya sp. A variety of Hickory species are native to the Atlantic region. Hickory wood is very strong and resilient and was used to manufacture tools and containers, in addition to being used to treat fevers and arthritis. (McKnight, Justine W. 2015. "A Study of ...
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Hickory charcoal fragments.
Organic | Object #: 1881007
Hickory wood. Latin name: Carya sp. A variety of Hickory species are native to the Atlantic region. Hickory wood is very strong and resilient and was used to manufacture tools and containers, in addition to being used to treat fevers and arthritis. (McKnight, Justine W. 2015. "A Study of ...
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