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Site: 18CV91 Smith’s St. Leonard

Context: Lot 114, Unit 6749, Layer B, Trash pit between a slave quarter and possible kitchen that was filled in one mid 18th-century episode.

Context Date Range: c. 1745-1755

Metal: Copper alloy boss attached to an iron curb bit fragment with copper alloy rivets

Length (including tabs): 2.4” (6.0 cm)

Diameter: 1.6” (4.2 cm)

Height (dome top to back): 0.5” (1.2 cm)

Description:
Plain dome with cross-section Type IV. The rivet tabs have convex sides and a rounded end. Copper alloy rivets attach the boss to a fragment of an iron curb bit.