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Smithfield Pioneers Monument

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A three-metre high stone memorial cairn on the northern side of the Kennedy Highway at Smithfield, which commemorates the Anglo-Australian explorers and pioneers who discovered a route to Trinity Bay between June and October 1876 as an outlet for the…

Aqua Glass Stopper [lid]

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Aqua glass (clear green glass) stopper for a bottle, possibly a sauce bottle. No markings or other details.

Turquoise milk glass lion's head [fragment]

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Decorative lion's head glass object, made from turquoise milk glass / opal glass. This is a fragment which has been broken from a larger piece.It is similar to the decorative ornaments made in France in the 1800s by Portieux Vallerysthal, who used…

Lea & Perrin's Stopper [lid]

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Aqua glass (clear green glass) stopper for sauce bottle, with the following embossed legend:'LEA & PERRINS'The stopper would originally have had a cork collar.

Wright & Co. [glass lid]

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Green glass jar lid, with the following embossed legend:'WRIGHT & Co.' / 'BRIERLEY HILL' / 'STAFFORTDSHIRE'

Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment pedestal

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Ceramic pedestal pot for Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment, with blue printed lettering:'SINGLETON'S GOLDEN EYE OINTMENT'

4 Rigsbankskilling [coin]

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Danish 4 Rigsbankskilling (1¼ Schilling). Obverse side shows Christian VIII (1839-1848), bare head facing to the right, with the legend 'CHRISTIANVS VIII' 'D: G: DANIÆ V: G: REX' '18??'Reverse shows crown over crossed sword and scepter, with the…

Lion Moles Button

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Small, copper alloy, sew-through four-eye button with dished centre and raised rim, stamped with the words: 'LION MOLES'

Bone Button

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

Best Ring Edge Button

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Small, copper alloy, sew-through four-eye button with dished centre and raised rim, stamped with the words:'BEST RING EDGE'