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Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 4

Copper prill, Midden 1, level 4

Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 4

Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 3

Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 1

Copper rod, Midden 1, C2, Level 2, mid 1

Malachite ore, BP

Mixed Malachite ore specimine, Test pit 1, Level 4

Malachite ore, BP, ash layer

Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 7

Copper prill, Midden 1, Level 3

Copper rod, BP Midden, E1

Copper rod, Midden 1, Level 2

Copper wire ball, Midden 1, Feature 2-2

Copper Bun Ingot

Square copper loop, Trench A-1, On floor

Copper prill, Trench 9, 1'9" on floor, pieces 2'11"

Copper Bun Ingot

Copper wire, Trench CD, On floor 1'6"

Copper wire, Trench K, 1'9"-2'0"

Copper wire, Trench 7, 60'-70'/6"-12"

Copper wire, Trench A, 6"-1'10"

Copper rod, Exc. Unit 1.2, 6"-12"

Copper wire, Exc. Unit 12, 6"-12"

Copper ring, Trench H, 1'2"

A dress made of Indian cotton, more generally known as chintz or calico. The yellow-brown coloured chintz material has a hand printed floral pattern. The continuous pattern comprises slender intertwined stems bearing leaves and flowers on a yellow-brown ground. The dress is unlined, has a hand stitched bodice and skirt. The neckline is V-shaped. The skirt has an A-line. Indian chintz was a popular dress and upholstery material during the 18th century. It was imported into the Netherlands by the Dutch East India Company and should have been readily available at the Cape.

The Van Breda family owned this bell, dated 12 September 1775. Farm bells such as this one were used to mark out the working day, and are also known as slave bells. The Van Breda bell is from the farm Oranjezicht, in the Table Valley at the Cape of Good Hope, which belonged to the Van Breda family. Some farm bells may originally have been used on ships.Large metal slave or farm bell of the former Table Valley farm Oranjezicht, owned at the time by the Van Breda family. The bell is inscribed as follows: Michiel van Breda 12th Sept. 1775 Oranjezicht

A postal stone with inscriptions in two languages. On the one side is an English inscription. On the reverse side a Dutch inscription. The stone is inscribed with the names of the ships Nassau, Frederik Hendrik, Nimmegen, Wesel and Galias. These ships departed from Batavia for the Netherlands on 6 January 1632 under the command of Dirk van der Lee. They visited the Cape from 3 to 20 April before continuing their voyage to the Netherlands. The postal stone gives the dates as being 9 to 15 April. The latter refers to the planned date of departure, whilst 9 April is probably an error. On the reverse side is an English inscription referring to the ship London (1631).

Inscribed postal stone. On the one side is a Dutch inscription, on the other a French inscription. The Dutch inscription refers to the ships Banda, Wassenaer and Egmont that left Texel in the Netherlands on 7 December 1633 bound for Asia. The ships visited the Cape from 7 until 11 April 1684.

A tall inscribed stone slab which was erected to indicate the border of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope. Erected in 1778 at Plettenberg Bay. The beacon was transported all the way from Cape Town on the wagon of the burgher Jacob Joubert. It bears the monogram of the VOC and the date 1778, as well as the coat of arms of Governor Van Plettenberg.