Button
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 in. ( 1.6 cm )
Description:
Brass button; eagle stamped on front with shield breast, branch in one talon, and arrows in other; stamped mark on back.
Object Number:
INV.5704.5
Marks:
stamped: back: 'SCOVILL..........WATERB.."
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this button was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40662
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter button fragment.
Object Number:
INV.5704.4
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this button was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marble
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 in. ( 1.6 cm )
Description:
Glass marble; blue.
Object Number:
INV.5704.3
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this marble was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Beads (2)
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/8 in. ( 1 cm )
Description:
Glass beads; blue, circular, with hole.
Object Number:
INV.5704.1-2
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these beads were found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spike
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 1 cm )
Description:
Pewter spike.
Object Number:
INV.5703.4
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this spike was found at Jamaica in Queens, New York. The label gave a date of June 22, 1924, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spoon bowl
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Pewter spoon bowl.
Object Number:
INV.5703.3
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this spoon was found at Jamaica in Queens, New York. The label gave a date of June 22, 1924, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco pipe fragment
Classification:
Date:
1700-1850
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe fragment; stem.
Object Number:
INV.5703.2
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this pipe was found at Jamaica in Queens, New York. The label gave a date of June 22, 1924, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40656
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hatchet head
Classification:
Date:
1500-1700
Medium:
Stone
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 11.4 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Stone hatchet head; circular back with grooved middle that narrows to blunt point.
Object Number:
INV.5597.32
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this object is part of the Nash Collection, and was found near Highland Falls, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
40655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stone object
Classification:
Date:
1500-1700
Medium:
Stone
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 32.7 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Stone object; oval, round.
Object Number:
INV.5597.31
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this object is part of the Nash Collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
40654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Musket flint
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Flint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Musket flint; light grey.
Object Number:
INV.5608.98
Gallery Label:
This flint 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:
40644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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