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A few sherds are from hand-decorated whiteware vessels. One (No. 806) has 

 "squiggles" in light blue (pi. 26, c) ; another (No. 808) has bands in red and 

 green (delftlike) ; another (No. 1150) has a floral design in red, green, and 

 blue. One sherd (No. 543), apparently true "creamware," has a brown band 

 and a blue floral design (pi. 26, d). 



Several sherds exhibit molded decorative designs (of varieties introduced dur- 

 ing the late 19th century, manufactured with dies). One (No. 447) includes the 

 finial of a cover, perhaps of a sugar bowl (pi. 26, /). Another (No. 725) is a 

 nonfunctional floral lug (pi. 26, g). Two (Nos. 457, 458) are three-lobed ends of 

 handles. One (No. 724) is a lug from a tureenlike piece (pi. 26, j). 



TumMer {drinking glass). — Nos. 817, 818: Heavy clear-glass pieces of good 

 quality, having an octagonal base and flat side panels (rising to a smooth rim) ; 

 height 3^ inches; diameter of base (least) 2% inches; size approximately 6 

 ounces liquid, and probably whiskey glasses (pi. 25, g). Nos. 25, 471, 472, 473, 

 721, 1171 : Fragments of bases of identical specimens. 



Bottles, glass.— Nos. 25, 473, 492-496, 547, 594, 623, 658, 675, 723, 731, 819, 1171, 

 1221, 1270 : Approximately 742 assorted sherds of bottle glass, clear, light and 

 dark green, brown, and blue tints. Shapes represented include wine bottles, 

 whiskey flasks, and condiment (pickle) jars. The flasks are plain, violin-shaped 

 (with scroll decorations in relief), and others, with some fragments of special 

 patterns, such as one (No. 473) marked "Old Rye" (in panel), with part of a 

 human figure, similar to, if not actually the somewhat rare "Pike's Peak or Bust" 

 flask (pi. 25, ;■). Others (No. 722, e.g.) appear to be bits of eagle flasks (spread 

 eagle, head to left) or of portrait flasks, on which the eagle was commonly 

 used. One fragment (No. 473) has the eight-point sunburst motif often used, 

 but in this instance the glass is of a brown tint (probably rare) (Cf. McKearin 

 and McKearin, 1941, pp. 483, 570-577). 



Bottle stopper. — No. 1165 : Clear glass stopper, similar to those used in phar- 

 maceutical bottles, having a flat round grip ; height 1% inches. 



Thermometer. — No. 1168 : Fragment of clear-glass rod having a thread of pale 

 red through the center; flre damaged; length ca. IVi inches. 



Pencil, slate. — No. 1056: Fragment of gray-black slate pencil, flattened and 

 pointed. 



Tahulating device {?). — No. 1038: Brass key only, length 2% inches, with 

 flnger rest and holes for pivots; probably from a simple accounting device (pi. 

 26, k). 



Battery, dry-cell. — No. 211 : Portion of carbon column only, hexagonal in 

 cross section and ribbed ; maximum diameter 1 inch ; of a kind used ca. 1890 to 

 date. 



Insulator, electrical. — No. 1163 : Molded "porcelain" (glazed white earthen- 

 ware), of type used with telephone wire, ca. 1890 to date; height 1% inches; 

 diameter 1% inches. A fragment of another (No. 456), of slightly different 

 design, has a diameter of 1 inch. 



Plate glass. — Nos. 468, 469, 1167: Fragments only, %6 and %2 of an inch in 

 thickness; one fragment has a ground and polished straight edge. Possibly 

 from the recent era of the motor vehicle. 



MILITARY GOODS 



(C/. also Personal Possessions) 



Hat ornament. — No. 1058 : U. S. Army regulation officer's hat ornament, brass, 

 die-stamped, with spread eagle (head to left), shield, stars, "E pluribus unum," 

 and other devices (pi. 27, /). Formerly worn at the side of the black felt hat, 

 for dress occasions; both officers and men wore the insignia of the branch of 



