Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1821-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 in. ( 20.3 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Black glass bottle blown in three-part Ricketts-type mold with base molded separately; with two-part finish, slightly bulged neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body, and circular depression in base.
Credit Line:
Found by Joseph Rapport and Richard Koke of the N-YHS
Object Number:
1949.239b
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. A patent was granted to Henry Ricketts in 1821 for his three-part bottle mold which included a fourth mold part, i.e. a base-molding section. English and American glasshouses used molds of this type, although they were not necessarily Ricketts' patented molds.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24616
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacknife
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 10.8 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Iron and bone jacknife; single-edged blade that pivots on hinge and folds into handle; bone grips.
Object Number:
INV.5608.117
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:
24401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Utensil handle
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 9.5 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Handles with ribbed exterior.
Object Number:
INV.5716.109
Gallery Label:
This handle 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 handle may have been part of a spoon or fork.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
24145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
INV.6402.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this cannonball was found by Reginald P. Bolton and others in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
24131
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
INV.6349.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this cannonball was found by "Libbey" at Fort Tryon, at 192nd Street and Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
24130
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 in. ( 8.3 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
INV.6400.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached tag, this cannonball was found by Reginald. P. Bolton and others at Fort Washington Avenue and 181st Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
24129
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1770
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Olive gren, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown into dip mold and has a cylindrical neck (mouth and string rim broken off), rounded shoulders, and a squat, cylindrical body with a push up and a pontil scar.
Object Number:
INV.8745
Marks:
written: on paper tag in bottle "Staten Island"
Gallery Label:
According to a loose note inside the bottle which is partially legible, this bottle was found on Staten Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
23894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rum bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1770
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive green, non-lead blown glass bottle; bottle blown in dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and squat, cylindrical body with push-up and pontil mark; bottle is reconstructed from fragments, not complete.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association
Object Number:
1947.541
Gallery Label:
Found in a fireplace in the Emmerick Chasseur Camp, Heath Ave., Bronx (Kingsbridge), NY, in 1910. See NYHS Quarterly Bulletin, October 1929, p.89.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
23892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
INV.6401.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this cannonball was found by Reginald P. Bolton and others in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
23856
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
INV.6348.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this cannonball was found in 1910 by J. baker at Fort Washington Avenue and 181st Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
23854
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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