Brass spikes in envelope (7)
Classification:
Date:
1770-1810
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 6 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 16.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Brass spikes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number:
1921.33a-g
Gallery Label:
These spikes were found inside the hull of a ship uncovered in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan. They may not have been part of the ship, since spikes used in ship contruction at the time were usually made of copper.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
1890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge: West Yorkshire
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.5979
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1851
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge: S. Lancashire...Vols
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.5985
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1848
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Demijohn or carboy bottle fragment
Classification:
Date:
1770-1810
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Glass bottle fragment; green neck, shoulder, and flat-lipped finish.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number:
1921.24e
Gallery Label:
This bottle was found in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
1771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parts of shoe buckles
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 x 4 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Object Number:
INV.6179
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1704
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Axe head excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Iron axe head excavated at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan; axe head is complete.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.386
Gallery Label:
This axe head was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. It was housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
1698
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Framed set of objects (38) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron, pewter, lead, copper, flint, brass, leather
Dimensions:
largest: 7 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 18.4 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Iron nails and spikes, one iron grapeshot and twelve lead bullets; a rifle flint and cannon flint; a large pewter spoon bowl; one large and two small iron knife blades; a two-tined iron fork with a twisted shaft and looped handle; a flat lead strip; a brass bayonet scabbard hook with a small piece of leather attached; a shoe buckle with an arched, circular iron frame with beaded design and brass chape and tongue; three copper British coins with a profile bust of King George on front (English half-pence); on back of one coin is a crown atop a harp.
Object Number:
INV.6227.42-79
Marks:
stamped: (64-5), front of coin: "GEORGIVS.....REX"
stamped: (66), front of coin: "GEORGIVS.....REX"; back: "HIBERNIA" (design of crown atop Irish harp)
Gallery Label:
These objects were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Sneeden's Landing, a blockhouse in Rockland County, New York on the west side of the Hudson River. Built in 1780 by a French officer, the blockhouse was intended to strengthen allied control of the river, and was garrisoned by French and American troops. The coins may have belonged to American soldiers or to British prisoners-of-war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
1686
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge: Tria Suncta Im Uno
Classification:
Medium:
metal, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
INV.5953
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Belt buckle: 1785
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 10.2 cm )
Object Number:
INV.5998
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge: Cheshire
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.5959
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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