AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a metal chamber pot with a marbled blue finish on the exterior and a white glaze on the interior. It is 12 inches in diameter with a flanged brim. It is somewhat mangled, but approximately 4 5/8 inches high. One large metal bowl enameled with white and blue. Object is misshapen from its original form which has caused a crack in one side and a minor break opposite the crack. Grey/brown accretions on interior and exterior. Metal is corroded where enamel is lost, especially the rim. Enamel is cracking. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1880 Years (max): 1900 Comments: This boot heel is made of 9 leather pieces cobbled together with square headed nails. One leather shoe fragment representing the heel of a boot. Object is comprised of layers of leather held with square iron nails. Appears to have been cut from shoe. Iron nails are corroded. Leather is fragmenting, especially the interior layer. Layered leather is delaminating. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (max): 1920 Comments: This is the heel and sole of a women's boot. The heel consists of 11 strips of leather cobbled with square headed nails. The sole is also leather and stitched on. Several eyelets are still attached indicating this was made after 1874. Three fragments of one heeled boot. Largest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1a, middle fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1b and smallest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1c. Size and shape indicate a woman's shoe. The sole is leather, the interior support is a thicker leather and the exterior surface is a finer leather. Shoe is held together with round iron nails and the sole is sewn to the body of the shoe, including the heel and toe. One eyelet fastener is present. Exterior leather is very worn and fragile. Iron nails are corroded. Heel layers are partially delaminated. The toe end has fully delaminated. Grey residue on upper and lower surfaces. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a tire chain for driving during inclement weather. Two metal chains. Smaller chain is brass with links composed of folded, cut sheet metal. Larger chain is tire chain comprised of two varieties of chain with thinner chain forming the sides of a ladder structure and twist-link chain forming the rungs. Iron chain is corroded. Brass chain has black discoloration (tarnish). L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is either a very fancy drawer-pull or a decorative attachment of some type. It has a pewter metal rod with a bolt attachment on one end. The opposite end has a fancy molded-relief glass flower. The glass is tinted blue from cobalt. One glass and metal curtain tieback fragment and one glass fragment from same. Glass is clear with blue paint on exterior and possible gilding remnants. There is a brass nut securing the end, possible iron interior and pewter exterior. The largest fragment is labeled 45KI765/P14J-4a and the smaller fragment is labeled 45KI765P14J-4b. Metal is corroded, especially around glass junction and at far end. Glass has iridescence, especially around metal junction and on painted surface. L. Penttila 2/22/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is an old sheep skin condom with a cinch-tie at the base. It is also attached to a bent, corroded nail of an unknown type. Two pieces of a condom, possibly sheepskin, with a nail embedded in the larger fragment. Rubber was used for condoms as early as 1844 and so material type is unknown. Object is highly degraded, dirty, and is stiffening along folds. Nail is corroded and bent. L. Penttila 2/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (Min): 1890 Years (Max): 1930 Comments: This artifact is the top of a wooden barrel made of 5 pine strips fastened together with 3/8-inch dowels and glue. If complete, the barrel would be 12 inches in diameter. It has a 1 3/4-inch pine cork and a single round-headed nail still attached. One wood and metal barrel lid. Three separate wood pieces and one metal piece. The two smaller wooden fragments cross mend around the cork. The larger fragment does not match in color and size with the other two. Small white discolorations, possibly mold or salt, are present on interior and exterior of lid, but not internal wooden surfaces. Metal fragment is heavily corroded and fragile. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a steel strip with one bent end forming an acute angle. The strip is finished with lacquer and has a perforated end presumable for hanging on a hook. It is 10 inches long and 1 1/8 inches wide; the curved end is 1 1/2 inches long. One enameled iron handle, possibly from a cooking or serving pot. Smaller end has a perforation, possibly for hanging; larger end has a bend with remains of formerly attached pan. Surface is corroded. Enamel is exfoliating, especially near bent end. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1890 Comments: This is a loafer-style shoe cobbled with round-headed nails. The heal and sole are constructed of leather strips tacked atop one another. One leather shoe, of a 'loafer' style. Some pieces appear to be made of rubber. Top margin has been machine-sewn, indicating a post 1846 manufacture. The inclusion of nails seems to indicate a pre 1862 manufacture. Significant grey accretions on interior and exteriors; loss of these may cause future weight changes. Iron nails in sole are corroded. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a corroded iron meat grinder with a table-top clamp. A patent date is embossed on the side - Sep. 1899. Legible portions of embossing on the opposite side include "WER'S" above "SHOPPE". One table-mounting iron meat grinder. Embossed on both sides: (Incomplete) WERS HOPPE PAT. 1897. 1899 EPT. 99 Surface is corroded, especially the exterior and vise. An aluminum bead sits over the corrosion, near the vise. Sand and gravel accretions on exterior surface. L. Penttila 3/1/2010