Artifact,1715/1770’s, Brass Hinge for Folding Navigation Scale, 2019231

Certificate #: 2019231

Dated: 1715-1700s

Artifact: Folding Navigational Scale Hinge

Wreck: 1715 Fleet Campsite
Made of:    

Found as part of an archeological rescue at a small salvage camp near Johns Island.  Navigational scale hinge could date from either time period.

Included in the exhibit on loan at the McLarty Museum, Sebastian, Florida.  Douglas Armstrong Collection. Noted in the “Winter Beach Campsite”  Page 73, Exhibit 44.

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