Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tassel
Object Number:
Inv.5620.12
Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 in. (3.8 x 2.5 cm)
Description:
Tassle, probably from officer's uniform.
Military artifacts excavated from the British Revolutionary War fort and campsite at Richmond, Staten Island; including brass scabbard points and scabbard hooks, a silver wire tassel from an officer's uniform, a bronze officer's shoe buckle impressed with a floral decorative design, an inscribed bronze shoe buckle, rectangular bronze belt plates with inscriptions, and a cartridge box badge cast in open work brass, with a design of the British crown cast above a circular body.
Gallery Label:
These military artifacts were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British Revolutionary War fort and campsite at Richmond, Staten Island, from 1919-1920. Some artifacts have numbered tags. These artifacts, INV.5620.1 - INV.5620.12, were originally framed together as a set of miliatary artifacts.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.