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Lead baling seals like this were used to mark products exported from France for sale and trade in Colonial markets, especially fabrics. This one was excavated from the household of a French Colonial fur trader at 810 Royal Street.

Hand-wrought nails from the eighteenth century.

An assemblage of pottery excavated from a French Quarter privy at 936 St. Peter Street, most of it manufactured in England in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Fragments of English creamware and pearlware from a ca. 1790s deposit at 810 Royal Street.

Corroded table cutlery recovered from Spanish Fort area. Such an item presents a challenge for future conservation.

An array of hand-built Indigenous pottery, including untempered, grog-tempered, and shell-tempered varieties, all collected from redeposited shell near Spanish Fort.

This is a selection of pottery typical of the French Colonial era in New Orleans (ca. 1710-1769), recovered during utility work near the site of Spanish Fort.

Machine-made embossed bottle from Horlick's Malted Milk, recovered in the Spanish Fort area.

English "Victorian majolica", reflecting Art Nouveau influences with naturalistic designs, was popular in the U.S. in the second half of the nineteenth century. This piece was recovered from the vicinity of Spanish Fort.

This tin enameled pottery in the Spanish tradition, decorated with green on yellow/orange decoration, was likely manufactured in the Puebla region of Mexico. In New Orleans, it usually signifies dates in the Spanish Colonial era.