Drawn, simple, barrel-shaped, blue seed-bead
Glass | Object #: 1829939
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina that becomes transparent when wet. Viewed with OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina that becomes transparent when wet. Viewed with OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little patina, what is there appears white.
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; thin white patina covering the bead, with the light green glass still visible through; on the perforation sides, a yellowish-brown patina has appeared. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/.017
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; silvery patina, thick; patina becomes transparent when wet and blue glass very visible. Viewed under OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; red color completely obscured by white-silvery patina. When wet, the bead appears brownish-red to the eye. When wet and placed under the microscope (OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17), it shows to be a brighter red in color.
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina. Casing visible by the naked eye, and confirmed under the microscope OMAX 4/0.1 160/0.17
Kidd and Kidd type IIa; little to no patina
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This small sized shot was manufactured by a technique invented by Prince Rupert in the seventeenth century. In this process, molten lead fluxed with arsenic is poured over coals in a colander like instrument which in turn is set above a barrel of water which cools the…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were developed over…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were developed over…
This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped onto the…
Gray color beneath green corrosion and on break.
This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped onto the…
Belonged to small box, such as Battersea, snuff, patch or trifle box. Frame would have held face of different material. Iron rod still in partial hinge. Misshapen.
Mix of Rococo and Neoclassical style. Glass inlay broken in 3 pieces. Appears to be gold foil underneath face. Missing other face- could have been another seal or metal backing.
Slightly different frame than watch fob seal 1835906. Missing its seal face(s).