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Cup, Caudle

Cup, Caudle

Object/Artifact

Silver caudle cup with molded handles made by Jeremiah Dummer of Boston (1645-1718), probably for the marriage of Elizabeth Watson and Joseph Williams in 1667. Two handled gourd shaped caudle cup with molded scroll handle in the form of leaves and bird's heads.

Drum

Drum

Object/Artifact

Light blue painted drum with circle formed by wreath of branches with red and green around flag of seven white and six red stripes. Red rim; top rim missing. All ropes missing. 17 hand forged nails at overlap. Remains of label on inside read " Robert Crossman, Taunton, New England, Anno Domi, 1739"

Flatiron

Flatiron

Object/Artifact

Triangular, hand-wrought hollow flat iron; handle with curves at bottom; broken sliding level used to raise trapdoor at rear

Fragment

Fragment

Object/Artifact

Piece of Elder Brewster's apple tree, from Plymouth Bay

Fragment

Fragment

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Piece of wood taken from the house occupied by William Deane when he wrote his will in 1634. Trapezoidal piece of wood. Gray stain on one side, reddish/brown color on other surfaces. Paper label affixed to one side stating "Piece of English oak which was part of one window frame in the house occupied by William Deane, father of Walter, before 1634. South Chard England. House torn down about 1906."

Froe

Froe

Object/Artifact

Tool used for splitting clapboards and shakes

Granite

Granite

Object/Artifact

Piece of Plymouth Rock with handwritten paper label.

Hoe

Hoe

Object/Artifact

Peat hoe; slightly concave, flat, rectangular blade; long wooden handle.

Lamp

Lamp

Object/Artifact

Elongated pear shaped reservoir narrowly tapered at spout; upright T-shaped handle.

Lamp

Lamp

Object/Artifact

Round lamp for tallow; lip drawn out for wick; right-angled handle; hand made