Cuprous alloy button or mechanical wheel, engraved, gilt?

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Object Number 990-10-10/14822

Display Title Cuprous alloy button or mechanical wheel, engraved, gilt?

Descriptions

Inventory Description Cuprous alloy button or mechanical wheel, engraved, gilt?

Classification

Unidentified

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard

Intrasite Vivinity of Massachusetts Hall

Materials Copper alloy

Dimensions Overall: 1.6 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm (5/8 × 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 990-10-10 / 14822

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2016.29.1382	Cuprous cap fragment, ridged surface, likely the end of a pen or mechanical pencil	Miscellaneous	Harvard Yard
2014.14.99	Cuprous alloy 4-hole button, embossed lettering around edge, part of lettering reads "EDGE" rest illegible	Button	Harvard Yard
980-24-10/100921	Mother-of-pearl button with cuprous alloy back, shank missing	Button	Harvard Yard
980-24-10/101256	Cuprous alloy unidentified metal item, likely tripod	Unidentified	Harvard Yard
992-9-10/103313	Unidentifed cuprous alloy fragment, heavily corroded	Unidentified	Harvard Yard
992-9-10/102238	Cuprous alloy flat metal fragment, likely brass, unidentified	Unidentified	Harvard Yard
980-24-10/101250	Cuprous alloy unidentified cylindrical fragment	Unidentified	Harvard Yard
987-22-10/111375	Cuprous alloy 4-hole button fragment, oxidized	Button	Harvard Yard
980-24-10/100813	Cuprous alloy fragments, 1 unidentified, 1 likely buckle frame fragment	Buckle Unidentified	Harvard Yard
980-24-10/101246	Cuprous alloy fragments, 4 unidentified fragments, 1 coiled wire fragment, 1 tack, 1 straight pin	Tack Pin Unidentified Wire	Harvard Yard
2017.5.370	Metal alloy pus pin, heavily corroded; metal alloy mechanical pencil tip	Pin Miscellaneous	Harvard Yard
2017.5.368	US denomination coins, 1 nickely alloy nickel coin dated 1981; 3 cuprous alloy pennies, 1 dated 1974, 2 dated 1980, all coins corroded	Coin	Harvard Yard

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