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Case bottle, lower section

Case bottle base

Bottle base sherd, round (circular). Relief mark: ‘THE GL…’

Base sherd from ? square pale green glass bottle

Case bottle wall sherd s

Hair: Goat.

Cannon ball: small.

Beardman jug neck including mask

Jug base/body sherd

Lead roll

Bottle cap/top

Copper sheet and concretion

Green glass bottle body/base? sherd

Case bottle body/neck sherd

Water Container - Very large water container in the form of an upright cylinder. The sides of the cylinder exceed the height of the container lid, forming a hollow basin at the top with a single cross bar as well as a tap. Container has damaged parts, notably a cannon hole and .303 bullet hole in one side. There are a large number of smaller holes and tears in the metal and the cylinder is heavily dented. The whole cylinder is covered in a thin layer of concretion and shell.

Rubber shoe sole - reasonably intact, quite small, likely to be a child’s shoe. Sole has an intact lip approx. 7 mm high around its exterior. Bottom of sole has grip ribbing and a raised oval and circle that may have once held a manufacturing mark.

Shoe sole - leather. Fragile and damaged. Only ball of sole and section of heel remain. Possibly a woman’s shoe due to dimensions.

Coin - 2 1/2 Guilder, 1931. Embossed on both sides. Obverse side reads “WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN”. The reverse side reads “MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN”. The coin has a seahorse privy mark to the left of the Kingdom of the Netherlands coat of arms and the mint mark of the Royal Dutch Mint - the caduceus - to the right.

Glass measuring vessel - clear, cylindrical, glass vessel. Broken, 3 conjoining parts, remainder of vessel missing. Largest piece is complete base, and sides of vessel up to approx, 60 mm. Other two pieces fit together and fit on top of the first piece to bring complete height to 98 mm. Along one side of the largest piece and continuing onto the conjoining pieces are embossed graduated lines, as well as ‘OUNCES’ and the numbers 1 to 4 increasing up the vessel. The pieces are all heavily cracked and the base has a small hole in the bottom. The base is also embossed with the number ‘2’.

Bullet cartridge: Probably a British 303 although measurements differ by a few mm. Very faint evidence of cartridge markings at the base but nothing discernible. Slight erosion at the mouth of the cartridge. Hollow interior.

Port or toilet AND rubber seal AND spring (x2)

Port OR toilet- Framework for metal port hole or toilet base. Large metal frame shaped like a solid “U”. Back of the frame has a raised circular frame around a hollow centre (the port hole). This circular frame is studded around its circumference holding in place a rubber coating. At the base of the frame is a lever mechanism designed to open the hole, with one movable metal bar which is stamped with “28F 4008”. Beside it is an immobile, slightly indented metal handle. At the interior left top of the hole is a large cylindrical protrusion that has a threaded section with a heavily eroded hexagonal washer and a long metal post at its end. The interior top of the frame is stamped with “28-F-1094” and beneath that “1440”. The exterior of the frame has a raised edge around the perimeter, then a dip, a second raised frame, then a second dip inside which the hole and covering sit. The left side of the interior frame has a large metal ring attached to it. The large, circular hole covering is hinged at the top of the second raised frame. It is stamped with “ALCOA” and “28-F-??95”. A small eroded hole obscures the first two numbers in the latter stamp. The base of the circular covering has a diamond shaped latch.

Rubber seal - Long rubber seal, broken into sections. Some sections still relatively soft, others very brittle. Badly eroded.

Spring (x1) - Short section of wide, loosely coiled spring. Some rust but no real erosion.

Spring (x1) - Short section of a tightly coiled spring with a straightened section of wire protruding from the end. Some rust and concretion.

Fire extinguisher nozzle AND metal component

Fire extinguisher nozzle - Long, black, rubber nozzle. At one end the handle is heavy and solid, with a diameter of 27 mm. This section is then attached to a hollow rubber cylinder, which increases slightly in width as it nears the end. This hollow, conical section is stamped with ‘PATENTS 1760274, 1885817, 196789’. The hollow section has two seams, one on either side, and a line of raised bumps around it’s circumference near the handle.

Metal component - On a flat, round metal base sits a second, taller Cylindrical piece that indents to become a slimmer cylinder with a flattened top. The top has a metallic circle in the centre and a vertical pin sticking up from one edge.

1. Servo manifold - Long, cylindrical, hollow metal barrel with five protrusions. Three barrels extend in a row from the bottom of the main manifold cylinder. All three end with handle screws and are embossed on each side with an anti clockwise arrow at the word “OPEN” at the top, and a clockwise arrow and the word “CLOSE” at the bottom. One of the barrels is also marked with “297-3”. From on side of the main manifold barrels extends a threaded sections with a large hexagonal coupling attached. The other side of the main manifold barrel has three hollow, eroded couplings. At the op of the main manifold barrel extends the fifth protrusion, a final barrel which is again topped with a handle screw and embossed with a clockwise arrow and the word “CLOSE” and and anti clockwise arrow next to a heavily eroded word which is likely “OPEN”.
2. Servo manifold - Section of manifold set on a short, central hollow barrel. Two parallel barrels extend from the top, both topped with moveable washers and embossed with anti clockwise arrows next to the word “OPEN”, and clockwise arrows next to the word “CLOSE”. A third barrel with a large hexagonal coupling extends from one side of the main barrel, while the other side has two coupling protrusions, one mostly eroded (see artefact 5), and the other threaded with a hexagonal and circular coupling. A final barrel extends from the base which is once again marked with arrows and the words “OPEN” and “CLOSE”.
3. Manifold fragment - Solid plat section of manifold with a large protruding screw, a thin pin-like protrusion, and a circular indent.
4. Manifold fragment - Large centre with a circular rubber washer attached. Two thin lengths of metal extend on either side along with two half screw holes and two encapsulated ones on each end. On the back is the engraved number “9”.
5. Metal coupling - small metal coupling, threaded section with a circular and hexagonal coupling attached. Conjoins with the missing coupling from artefact 2.
6. Misc. metal fragments - Eight small metal fragments, mostly sections of couplings or manifold plates.
7. Screws - Five screws, all the same length and diameter, all threaded 8 mm in from the end on both ends. Three screws have a hexagonal nut on one end, while the remaining two have a hexagonal nut on both ends.
8. Rubber washer - Hollow circular washer identical to that attached to artefact 4.

Fork - metal fork, four tines. Thin stem with a rounded handle. The tips of the right hand tines are slightly eroded and are shorter than than the left hand tines. Entire artefact is slightly eroded, with evidence of a makers mark on the back of the stem “DOHRCO HEAVY”. Front of handle engraved with ‘Y-59’.

Cylindrical radio component
1. Outer casing of component: Half of outer cylinder eroded away. Singular screw and wire protruding from base of the cylinder. Cylinder topped with flat metal plate held by three screws. Slightly off-centre of the metal plate sits a cylindrical metal coupling with two grooved rings, held in place on a square base with four screws. A short metal spike protrudes from one of two holes in the top of the coupling.
2. The inner part of the component has a solid metal disc at its centre with thin metal bands running around its radius and a pin protruding. On either side of the disc is a ring of corded metal fibre, and remnants of a fabric covering. Inside the ring is a metal component which appears on one side as a large metal bolt. This narrows and extends through the centre of the metal disc, and appears on the other side as a metal pin with a large bolt head. The component rotates within the disc but is very stiff. The larger side of the centre component extends out and back around its side to connect with artefact 1, the outer casing.

Harness buckle - metal latch for a harness buckle. Single metal plate. Flat top which is slightly thicker than the rest of the plate. The sides widen slightly to accommodate a hollow slit, then narrow in to surround a circular hole 13 mm in diameter, forming a bulbous ‘T’ shape.

Morse key - copper alloy metal fragment, potentially from a Morse or telegraph key/device. Small, solid, circular piece of metal is connected to two thin, parallel pieces of metal held together by thin metal pillars. Small amounts of green oxidation covering artefact.

1. Harness buckle: Rectangular base plate with four screw holes (three screws, one empty). One end of the plate has a slit, presumably for harness latch to lock into. Back of base plate numbered with ‘1840-I’. On top of the base plate sits a large square section with hollowed slits on both sides, 18 mm from the base, supported by small circular pieces inside the slit. On top of the square section sits a circular plate with a flat edge. It has a single centre screw and rotates slightly. The plate is engraved with a curved arrow pointing to the right, and the words ‘TURN TO UNLOCK’ and ‘PRESS TO RELEASE’. Top left hand section of the plate has some damage/erosion.
2. Fitting: ‘L’ shaped plate with two screw holes at each end. Length of both ends is equal, they sit at slightly more than a 90 degree angle. In the corner is a tall fitting with a threaded interior. Remnants of another fitting inside, and small holes spaced evenly around the top edge of the fitting.
3. Screw: Section of a screw, no head, just a smooth section (11 mm) and a threaded section (5 mm).
4. Spring remnants: Small, broken spring, consisting of 25 individual pieces of coil. Most very small with only one or a section of one full rotation. Largest piece is three full rotations.

Embossed disc - flat disc, embossed on one side, flat on the other. Has two small holes on either side. Along the top in a semi circle are the words “THE EMPLOYERS CORPN” (corporation). Along the bottom it reads “BLOM & VAN DER AA”, the name of a Dutch Auto Insurance Company. At the centre is the image of a person dressed in toga - like robes with a roman helmet, holding a shield by their feet which reads “IN OMNIA PARATUS” which means ‘ready for all things’.

Coins - Three 2 1/2 Guilder coins, in varying states of erosion – 192?, 1937 and 193?. All presumably hold the same markings. Same embossing as with BAC18. Obverse side reads “WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN”. The Reverse side reads “MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN”. Although both faces of the each coin are damaged, the coins would have had a privy mark to the left of the Kingdom of the Netherlands coat of arms and the mint mark of the Royal Dutch Mint – the caduceus – to the right. Some variations in privy mark are noted: the 192? coin has a seahorse privy mark; the 193? coin appears to have a grapes privy mark.

Buttons, dome shaped with shank (Total 12).

Ship model: HSK Kormoran. Scale 1 inch : 16 foot

MH rego: NG 1352

Saltglaze stoneware sherds: England 1790-1760/70

Plate sherd with decorated edge: Creamware/Queensware, 1770-1790

Sherds, green glaze: 1675-1800; 1 sherd w/ handle.

Jug sherd with handle, green glaze: Holland

Stoneware jug sherd: Westerwald. Salt glaze, buff colour with cobalt blue design

Earthenware sherds: Lower Rhine 1690-1800. Circular brown & cream ring decor and green glaze

Earthenware jug handle: Gouda(?), Holland 1700-1760.

Chinese porcelain sherds (from two different plates?). Blue geometirc and flower design on both sides. 1760-1790

Stoneware jug fragment: 1870-1880. Incised lettering in centre.

Base of saltglazed stoneware jug: Frechen 1600-1650

Handle section from redware chafing bowl: Frisia 1700-1800. Orange/brown glaze on exterior & interior

Sherds. Frisian majolica, 1700-1800. Blue brush stroke decoration & concentric lines

Tile fragment, (stove tile/fire cover). Redware, North Holland, early seventeenth century. Yellow and green slip ware decoration on brown glazed body.

Handle from jug. Frankfurt-ware. Netherlands/Germany: 1700.

Teapot spout. Lead glaze, blackware. England, 1780

Base and body of stoneware jug. Salt glaze, medallion decoration consisting of coat of arms & foliage.

Sherd, redware with lead glaze. England

Sherd from the base of a plate, thumbed foot. Interior coated with an orange glaze. Late sixteenth/early seventeenth century.

Piggy-bank base with four legs. Dutch redware with lead glaze on exterior. Seventeenth century.

Sherd from a lobed dish. White tin glazed delftware. Dutch, late seventeenth/early eighteenth century

Dish fragment. Half fabric majolica, no glaze.

Tile fragments (wall tile), white glaze with purple shade brush decoration.

Tile fragment (wall tile). Blue & white: decoration consists of Dutch female figure, in blue, in the centre with foliage. White glaze.

Stoneware jug sherds: Westerwald 1650-1750. Salt glaze, buff colour with cobalt blue design.

Porcelain sherd: late Kraak, late seventeenth century. Blue foliage decoartive design

Jug fragments. Stoneware with glaze & cobalt blue decorative marking in the centre. Westerwald: 1675-1750.

Stoneware handle and body fragment from a chamber pot.

Jug fragments, stoneware with salt glaze. Frechen, seventeenth century

Handle and section of Chamber pot. Redware, late sixteenth/early seventeenth century

Dish sherds. Redware, slip decoration in green & yellow concentric circles and parallel lines. North Holland, late sixteenth century

Plate sherds. Delftware 1690-1750. Tin glaze with blue foliage and patterned decoration.

Plate sherds. Delftware 1690-1750. Tin glaze with blue foliage and patterned decoration.

Saucer sherds. Delftware 1690-1750. Tin glaze with blue, green, yellow & brown foliage and patterned decoration.

Stoneware jug sherds, salt glaze. Neck; Bartmann. Frechen, seventeenth century

Stoneware jug fragment, salt glaze. Westerwald, 1750-1800

Skillet fragment with one foot. Redware: Holland, late sixteenth/early seventeenth century

Pipkins - parts of; 3 w/ handles, 1 w/ part leg. Redware: Holland: late sixteenth/early seventeenth century

jug sherds with handle. Redware: Netherlands

Clay pipe, near complete

Belaying pin, iron

plate, from Child’s tea set. White porcelain.

Unidentified copper alloy fitting with joiner

Bottle (pickle jar): pale green glass. Square base and body.

Grinding stone

Clay pipe bowls

Ceramic, white porcelain cup handle

Bottle

Keel bolt

Chair, swivel; one leg broken and back in several pieces

Coal lump

Pellets: mixture of lead & stone

Ship’s whistle

Square spike fastening

A. Sheathing nail, square shank but more circuler at top; B. Round shank

Ceramic fragments (x 12), some Beardman jug

Glass tumbler base

Ceramic plate base fragment

Stopper for bottle, glass

Beer bottle, dark green, with cork inside.

Wooden fragments from bottle crates

Ceramic container base with inscription “Lovatt & Lovatt, Notts, Lainley Mill”

Eye bolt concretion, iron

‘Through’ bolt with clinch ring

Circular flange w/ hinge, brass.

Spike

Body sherd of stoneware jug

sheathing frags, copper.