✅ SOLVED Colonial trash pit-plaster cast?

[DownNDirty]

This is a real head scratcher. I found it while digging a colonial trash pit I call the "Swamp Pit", at a plantation site that was active through most of the 18th century.

It has the look, feel and density (very heavy) of plaster. It's flat on the bottom and on one side, and conical on the top.

Any ideas? Could it have been part of a mold, or possibly a piece of a statue (unlikely)? Thanks for any guesses-this is a tough one.

 

[FC-Treasure]

Perhaps it is worn down ornamental plaster? Ornamental plaster is the cheap way of simulating wood carvings on ceilings and walls.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...=1&q=ornamental+plaster&oq=ornamental+plaster

 

[DCMatt]

Perhaps it is worn down ornamental plaster? Ornamental plaster is the cheap way of simulating wood carvings on ceilings and walls.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...=1&q=ornamental+plaster&oq=ornamental+plaster

Agree. Chunk of plaster molding.

 

[DownNDirty]

Perhaps it is worn down ornamental plaster? Ornamental plaster is the cheap way of simulating wood carvings on ceilings and walls.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...=1&q=ornamental+plaster&oq=ornamental+plaster

Thanks for the input-solved!

 

[DownNDirty]

Agree. Chunk of plaster molding.

Thanks Matt