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Black Glass Ale/Beer Bottle

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26 oz., black glass (dark olive green) ale, porter, stout or beer bottle. Mould-blown in three-pieces, with a flat, key-moulded base, and a ring-sealed top. Squat shape with rounded shoulders. No identifying marks.

Bone Button

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Small white button, made of bone or mother of pearl shell?
4 holes

British Gothic Florin [coin]

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Great Britain 'gothic' florin (two shillings / 24 pence / ⅒£).Obverse design by William Wyon features the crowned head of young Victoria facing left, with hair in a plait around her ear. The legends are in a gothic type-face, with the date shown in…

British Shilling [coin]

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Obverse design by William Wyon shows the head of young Queen Victoria facing left, with ribbons in her hair, and the surrounding legend: 'VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D:' In 1879 the bust of Victoria's head was changed from the third version…

British Sixpence [coin]

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Obverse design by William Wyon, features the bust of young Queen Victoria facing left, with ribbons in her hair, and the surrounding legend: 'VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:' This bust was the second of five used during Victoria's reign…

Brooch, or scarf pin

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Large copper or bronze brooch or scarf pin, missing the clasp at the back. Embossed decorative floral pattern.

Burns Cutty clay pipe

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The short kaolin clay pipe favoured by working men was called a 'cutty'. Being made of brittle kaolin clay, the stems broke easily. This pipe is a Burns Cutty pattern tobacco smoking pipe. It is broken in two places, has a plain bowl with no spur,…

Case Gin Bottle

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26 oz., olive glass, case gin bottle. Square with short neck and wrap-top, inwards taper at the base. Free-blown construction using a dip-mould. No other identifying marks, but a typical bottle found in the colony of Queensland in the 1870s.

Chinese coin

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Bronze Chinese coin.The coin is corroded, in poor condition, and has no visible diagnostic markings. It was most probably minted during the Qing Dynasty and would have had embossed Manchu script.

Cognac/Brandy Bottle

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26 oz., light green glass spirit bottle (cognac or brandy) with ring seal top.No identifying marks.