Glass fragments (2)

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
largest: 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 1.3 x 2.2 cm )
Description: 
Colorless rim and body with molded diamond patterns.
Object Number: 
INV.5802.48-49
Gallery Label: 
According to an attached label, these fragments were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a Revolutionary War site in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The label did not identify the site.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
26910
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spikes (4) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
largest: 4 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/8 in. ( 10.8 x 1.3 x 1 cm )
Description: 
Iron spikes excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Object Number: 
INV.5924.436-439
Gallery Label: 
These spikes were excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before or after the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th St. in Washington Heights.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
26647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Forks (2)

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
largest: 7 x 1 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Iron forks; two-tined.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.114-115
Gallery Label: 
These forks were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
26429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jacknife

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron, bone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Iron and bone jacknife; single-edged blade that pivots on hinge and folds into handle; bone grips.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.116
Gallery Label: 
This knife was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
26386
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Musket nosecap

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Brass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical, hollow brass cap.
Object Number: 
INV.5716.5
Gallery Label: 
This nosecap was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse deposit near a military camp and fort at Richmond, Staten Island. Built after the arrival of British forces under General William Howe in July, 1776, the fort was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783. The nosecap fastened to the front of the wooden stock of a musket.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
26282
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bayonet

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 52.1 x 3.2 cm ) Part (blade): 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm)
Description: 
Iron bayonet; angular.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.18
Gallery Label: 
This bayonet was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
25936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle base: 18 century English

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1780
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 in. ( 8.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
Olive green non-lead glass bottle (fragment) blown in a dip-mold; base of bottle including push-up and approximately one-quarter of the walls of the bottle; pontil mark on underside and iridescence and devitrification due to burial.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number: 
1921.24d
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records and an old label card with the bottle, it was found by the donor, a contractor, at the southwest corner of Broad and Front Streets in 1920.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1780
eMuseum Object ID: 
25603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pot hook

Classification: 
Date: 
1776-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 47.6 x 2.9 cm )
Description: 
Iron pot hook; flat barrel stave bent into C-shaped hook.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.11
Gallery Label: 
This hook was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
25420
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle w/irredescent petina: blue, J.and A.

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1860
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Blue with iridescent patina glass bottle blown in a two part-mold with separate base plate; broken above down sloped shoulder; cylindrical body with inscriptions "ALBANY GLASS WORKS / D / NEW YORK" on obverse and "J. & A. DEARBORN N.Y." on reverse; rounded heel and domed basal profile.
Credit Line: 
Found by Joseph Rapport and Richard Koke of the N-YHS
Object Number: 
1949.239e
Marks: 
in relief: on obverse: "ALBANY GLASS WORKS / D / NEW YORK" in relief: on reverse: "J. & A. DEARBORN / N. Y."
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records, this bottle was found by Joseph Rapport and Richard Koke of the New-York Historical Society in Battery Park in 1949 in the excavations for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Battery Park Underpass.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
25074
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ginger ale bottle

Classification: 
Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 19 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Aquamarine machine-made glass ginger ale bottle with wide, rounded collar; short, cylindrical neck; sloped down shoulder; and cylindrical body with "GINGER ALE" and other inscriptions on obverse and "J. F. KNOBEL 211 NOSTRAND AV. BROOKLYN on reverse.
Credit Line: 
Recovered by New-York Historical Society staff
Object Number: 
1949.186
Marks: 
in relief: on obverse: "GINGER/ ALE," "TRADE/ MARK/ REGISTERED," and "J.F.K." (in star) in relief: on reverse: "J. F. KNOBEL/ 211/ NOSTRAND AV./ BROOKLYN" in relief: on underside of base: "K"
Gallery Label: 
This bottle was found by Joseph Rapport and Richard J. Koke, past New-York Historical Society staff members, in the course of an excavation on South Street, near Whitehall Street, on July 8, 1949.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
24954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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