| PSSR # | Object Term | Object Thumbnail | Description | Date Made | Company/ Place Made |
| 55 | Log | 
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Single long piece of worn wood with many visible splits and knotholes. One end notched out, perhaps to receive a reciprocating log. | 18th century | probably Valley Forge, PA |
| 57(CG) | Cup and Stand |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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a) Silver cup with pear-shaped body with simple rimmed lip. b) Accompanying mahogany stand in the shape of a truncated pyramid (with the top removed). | cup is circa 1770, stand circa 1950 | Cup by Joseph Richardson, Philadelphia, PA. Despite the engraved plaque on this object's stand, the maker's mark IR indicates that this was made by Joseph Richardson Sr., not his son. |
| 59(CG) | Locket with Box |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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Vertical oval gold locket, at upper rim a pivoting gold loop for hanging, the face centering a small, inset oval image of George Washington's face (appears to be a trimmed engraving) covered with a convex crystal and raised, engraved gold rim, the image above an extensive engraved text. The reverse contains reddish-brown human hair. The engraving: "Hair taken from the head of George Washington at his / retombing (sic) at Mount Vernon Virginia October 7th 1837.
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Circa 1840 | Unknown |
| 60(CG) | Coffin Fragment |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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Rectangular piece of wood with handwritten paper label on one face. Label reads "A piece of the coffin in which Genl. Geo. Washington was buried, taken from the old vault by Wm. Ingle, May 7, 1842."
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wood should date from 1799 | Presumably Virginia |
| 61(CG) | Medal |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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a) Gold medal, consisting of gold horizontal pin affixed to the reverse of a striped moire ribbon with blue center and yellow-gold edges, gathered at the bottom to a loop from which hangs a silver medallion with blue and white enamel decoration on front and the letters "S" and "R" at the sides of the square and "Color" and "Guard" at the top and bottom of the square, the whole surrounding a raised central motif of a standing revolutionary solider.
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circa 1920(?) | Unknown |
| 62(CG) | Gavel and Striker |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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a) Turned cylinder head with central and wide inset band of silver, fastened with a small silver cylinder to long tapered, turned handle with four incised lines marking the center of its length; disc tip. The silver on the head engraved "The Color Guard, Penna. S. R. / by the Mayor of Philadelphia / April 10th, 1931 / Made from the floor of Independence Hall / Removed during the Remodeling of the Hall.
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1931 | probably Philadelphia, PA |
| 64(CG) |
Commemor- |
Courtesy of the Color Guard
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Deeply framed box with molded gold frame, glass window revealing horizontal wood fragment mounted to back of box. Brown backing paper with the handwritten note: "Original pre-Revolution oak lathe found in the old Camp Hospital restoration project at Valley Forge State Park in November 1964."
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lathe circa 1770; frame assemblage, circa 1965 | lathe presumably from Valley Forge, PA |
| 66 | Commemor- ative Medal with Box |
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a) Round gold medal presented to General Anthony Wayne by the United States government in 1789. b-c) Two part round box with slightly domed lid, with frayed gold velvet interior and the remains of a ribbon pull-up.
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circa 1780 | France |
| 67 | Sword (with urn finial) | 
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Urn finial with pierced upper edge, straight grip with spiral braid design, "c" shape handle with three interlocking loops at center, bottom of handle with two flaring tips, fastened at center to a cast oval stop.
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1770 - 1790 | England |
| 68 | Sword (with ball finial) | 
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Hilt with ball finial with swirling engraving, straight grip with spiral braid design, thin "c"-shaped handle with engraved central panel, bottom of handle has two-part flaring tips, fastened at center to solid stop.
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1770 - 1790 | England |
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