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1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA flat even-sided octagonal badge with a hole at the top for suspension with engravings and punches. The elements on the obverse are as follows (top to bottom): an engraved "No 55"; "FISHER" in individual punches; and "1800" punched. This excavated badge…
1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn octagonal copper slave badge engraved "No. 354 / HOUSE SERVANT / 1800" on the recto with the maker's mark "ATMAR" on the verso. A circular hole is punched through the center top.
1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads “No. 177 [engraved] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1800 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the top center with the maker's name “ATMAR.” There is a hole punched at the center…
1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text “No. 275 [engraved] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1800 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the top center with the maker's name “ATMAR.” There is a hole punched at the center top.
1801
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA circular copper slave badge. The front of the badge reads "*Charleston* / No. 108 / Mechanic / 1801." The back of the badge reads “C.Prince.” All lettering is die stamped into the metal except the number “108”, which is engraved. There is a puncture hole…
1801
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is text “No. 27 [engraved] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1801 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1802
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is text “No. 116 [engraved] / PORTER [stamped] / 1802 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's…
1803
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. 137 [engraved] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1803 [stamped].” The bottom edge has been trimmed, with the very top of an "1802" stamped date visible,…
1803
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. 480 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / 1803 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name…
1803
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. 624 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1803 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name…
1804
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 67 [punched] / PORTER [stamped] / 1804 [engraved].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 194 [punched] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 165 [punched] / PORTER [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 342 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge broken across the middle into two halves. The recto of the top half (a) has text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 36 [punched].” After the number is an incised “X”. The…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 4 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1806 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 20 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1807 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1808
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is the bottom half of an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads “SERVANT [stamped] / 1808 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name “C PRINCE.”
1809
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a circular metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 64 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1809 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1809
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a circular metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 9 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1809 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1810 [stamped] / FISHER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 24 [engraved] .” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the center with the…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1810 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 167 [engraved] .” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the center with the…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a square metal slave badge with quarter-circles cut out of the four corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1811 [stamped] / CARPENTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 27 [engraved] .” There is no…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square copper slave badge with scalloped corners that has the die stamped text "CHARLESTON / 1811 / FISHER / No." and engraved "92" on the recto. The maker's mark "LAFAR" is die stamped at the verso center. A hole is punched through the center top edge.
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