Trevor,
Is there any chance of getting a picture of the buttons?
Bart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Dunkerley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: Civil War Buttons
> Bart,
>
> I would have to agree with Peter that the buttons probably originated from
> someone returning to Combe Martin.
>
> The inscription on the back of one of the buttons is:
>
> "Superb rich-orange gilt"
>
> The second button had a slightly different inscription but still contained
> the 'rich orange gilt' element.
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bart Torbert" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:45 PM
> Subject: Civil War Buttons
>
>
> > Once more I need an English history lesson. Did the Earls of Devon have
> > anything to do with the Devon silver mines?
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edgeworth_Courtenay
> >
> > The plot could get real thick here.
> >
> > Bart
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Trevor Dunkerley <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Bly,
> >>
> >> Lyle on the mining-history list suggested the same. I will certainly
> >> lookup
> >> your reference.
> >>
> >> Being from Jamestown you will certainly know of our close connection
> >> through
> >> local North Devon pottery.
> >>
> >> It was interesting that last year we excavated out two silver plated
> >> buttons. Our research determined (from the inside inscription) that
they
> >> were manufactured by the Hudson Bay Company as Rifleman Tunic Buttons
for
> >> the American Civil War.
> >>
> >> One dare hardly ask how they ended up in waste on a North Devon
hillside!
> >>
> >> Trevor
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bly Straube" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 5:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: WHAT IS IT?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Trevor,
> >> > I believe what you have is a pair of hinged cauldron hooks.
> >> > The hooks fit into the lugs of the cauldron. One was found
> >> > in Norwich (see Sue Margeson 1993 Norwich Households. East
> >> > Anglian Archaeology, Report No 58, pp. 87 and 89.
> >> > Bly
> >> >
> >> > Beverly A. (Bly) Straube, FSA
> >> > Senior Curator
> >> > Jamestown Rediscovery
> >> > APVA Preservation Virginia
> >> > 1367 Colonial Parkway
> >> > Jamestown, Virginia 23081
> >> > 757 229-4997 x103
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Arch-Metals Group
> >> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> >> > Trevor Dunkerley
> >> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:53 AM
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: Re: WHAT IS IT?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alan,
> >> >
> >> > I'll go for logging tongs unless someone comes up with a
> >> > better idea.
> >> >
> >> > It's good and hot here today in North Devon UK, so an early
> >> > evening pint of
> >> > good ole scrumpy will go down a treat.
> >> >
> >> > I'll certainly toast your health with a 'wish you were
> >> > here'.
> >> >
> >> > Trevor
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Alan Longmire" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:18 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: WHAT IS IT?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > As Dan said, in the USA it'd be a removable handle for a
> >> > lugged pot of some
> >> > kind, be it iron or clay. Unless the hooks were turned in
> >> > more, when it
> >> > could be logging tongs or ice tongs. It's not really big
> >> > enough to hold a
> >> > haybale at just over 30cm long.
> >> >
> >> > I envy you your pint of scrumpy!
> >> >
> >> > -Alan
> >> >
> >> > C. Alan Longmire, RPA
> >> > TDOT Archaeologist II
> >> > 3518 CRS
> >> > Johnson City, TN 37602-3518
> >> >
> >> > office: (423) 282-0651 ext. 114
> >> > cell: (423) 773-1161
> >> > fax: (423) 854-5310
> >> >>>> Trevor Dunkerley <[log in to unmask]> 09/07/07
> >> > 11:06 AM >>>
> >> > Thanks for your suggestion Terry.
> >> >
> >> > Horses were certainly used to haul on capstans on the horse
> >> > winzes - so yes,
> >> > your suggestion could be correct.
> >> >
> >> > Trevor
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: Terry Griner
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:47 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: WHAT IS IT?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > My thought would be that it was used to hold something
> >> > like feed hay. I've
> >> > seen larger versions used to lift hay into lofts. Were
> >> > animals used to haul
> >> > ore carts in the area? If so this could've been used to hold
> >> > feed stock for
> >> > the animals.
> >> > Terry Griner
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > ------------------
> >> > From: Arch-Metals Group
> >> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >> > Trevor Dunkerley
> >> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:37 AM
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: Re: WHAT IS IT?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Afternoon Chums,
> >> >
> >> > A little brain teaser for a hot Friday afternoon.
> >> >
> >> > We excavated out a blacksmith forged implement yesterday,
> >> > but what is it
> >> > and what was it used for - agriculture or mining?
> >> >
> >> > Goto the XML link on the top page of the URL below, or the
> >> > Quick Link Site
> >> > Map from page 1.
> >> >
> >> > No prizes for the answer, but I'll drink a pint of good
> >> > olde devon scrumpy
> >> > to your health this evening!
> >> >
> >> > Trevor
> >> >
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