Button
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brass button; decorated with wavy lines.
Object Number:
INV.5597.3
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this button was found in the garden of the Colonial van Deusen house in Ulster County, New York, and is part of the Nash Collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
40573
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Buttons (2)
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Brass buttons; dome-shaped.
Object Number:
INV.5597.1-2
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these buttons were found in the garden of the Colonial van Deusen house in Ulster County, New York, and are part of the Nash Collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
40572
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin
Classification:
Date:
1740-1783
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Copper coin; stamped profile bust on front and Britannia female figure on back, holding branch in one hand, staff in other, and leaning on shield; stamped marks on both sides.
Object Number:
INV.6035.1
Marks:
stamped: front: "GEORGIVS II REX"; back: "BRITANNIA 17..."
Gallery Label:
This coin was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at a military camp at 238th Street and Riverdale Avenue in the Bronx, New York City. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian forces until its abandonment in 1779.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
40571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Waist belt clasp
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Brass belt clasp.
Object Number:
INV.6039.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this clasp was found at Maspeth in Long Island, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
40569
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fork
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Iron, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 17.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Iron and bone fork; two iron tines with rounded bone grips.
Object Number:
INV.6045.2
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this fork was found in 1917 by William L. Calver in Pelham Bay Park, near the Split Rock Colonial house at Pelham Manor in Westchester, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Brass, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brass and bone button; brass face with scrolled design atop bone back.
Object Number:
INV.6045.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this button was found at the Split Rock Colonial house at Pelham Manor in Westchester, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40567
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Earthenware fragment
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Earthenware fragment; rim with white body and hand-painted blue line.
Object Number:
INV.5829.145
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this fragment was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at archaeological sites. The label did not identify any sites.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Military button
Classification:
Date:
1770-1783
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter button; regiment number stamped in center, below three plumes at top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.11
Marks:
stamped: front: "23" (below Prince of Wales plume; 23rd British Regt., Welsh Fusiliers)
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. They were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics (case 3, Nos. 204, 210, 212) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th St. and Edgecomb Ave. Their solid pewter make indicates that they are privates' buttons. The 23rd Regiment was captured at Yorktown in 1781.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
40552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dominoe
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Bone domino; rectangular.
Object Number:
INV.6195.36
Gallery Label:
This domino was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort George, a British fort at Niagara-on-the-Lake on the Niagara River in Ontario, Canada. Built in 1795, the fort was captured by American forces on May 27, 1813, and occupied until December.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
40540
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Combs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Bone combs; fine-toothed.
Object Number:
INV.5940.211-212
Gallery Label:
These combs were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse deposit at Fort Haldimand, a British fort on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River at Cape Vincent, New York. Built in 1779, the fort commanded passage of the river and was retained by the British until its destruction by American forces in 1812.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
40538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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