🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Questions about items found at 1800s farm

[connorghabra]

I recently found a few items at an 1800s homesite that I would appreciate any info on:

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1.) Button (1") - Found at a farm outside of Lancaster, PA that dates to 1868 according to an old Atlas, but I am pretty sure that farm had activity way earlier. This is the first small old button I've found. Wondering if anyone recognizes the pattern or can confirm how old it is. 1" wide. (The back has thick dirt/rust build-up, so I'll clean all that up with electrolysis to get a peek at the back.)

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2.) Possible Button? (1.75") - Found at the same farm as the button above, but it's so worn and corroded that I am unsure what it is. It feels too sturdy to be trash but too thin to be an old coin. I noticed a dark spot near the center on one side where a shank might have been. Also noticed the curve almost patterning on one section of the edge and I'm wondering if it's an old button that had the curved pattern around the entire perimeter but got worn off over time. Any input confirming or denying wether this is an old button would be appreciated.

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3.) Plant tag? - Found at the same 1800s farm as the two above items. I think it's a plant tag but am curious how old it is. I don't think they make modern plant tags out of aluminum and struggled to find anything substantial about it online.

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4.) Lock piece? - Found at the same site outside of the front doorstep. Stamped "1704 CHESLER". I found info online about J. Chesler & Sons who made locks. Does anyone know what piece of the lock this would have been to and how old it might be? Interesting to me that a small component would have been stamped. Any info is appreciated.

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5.) Skeleton Key Age? - Found at a different homesite that showed up on an 1868 atlas, but I'm curious if anyone can confirm if this might have been a house key or a key to something else. Would love any info that can be provided such as narrowing down the date range/confirming age. Below pictures are before and after electrolysis.

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I really appreciate anyone that can confirm the identity, age, and/or provide further info for any of the items above.

Thanks so much,
Connor Ghabra

 

[Retired Sarge]

The last item is definitely a Skeleton Key. For what purpose, door, chest, etc.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Roses normally come with a metal tag.

 

[Almy]

My experience suggests that the all but the tags are mid to late 1800s. The thin, oddly-shaped object looks to me like a copper cent that was put on a railway tracks. I have found similar. The tapered screw head holes in the hardware item suggests it was screwed unto something wood.

 

[Red-Coat]

I recently found a few items at an 1800s homesite that I would appreciate any info on:

.3.) Plant tag? - Found at the same 1800s farm as the two above items. I think it's a plant tag but am curious how old it is. I don't think they make modern plant tags out of aluminum and struggled to find anything substantial about it online.
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Thanks so much,
Connor Ghabra

The possibility for patents to protect agricultural and horticultural innovations in the US was as a result of the Plant Patent Act of 1930, with the first patent being granted on 31 August 1931 for the climbing Rose “New Dawn”. Plant patents are distinguished from Utility and Design patents by having the prefix ‘PP’.

If you can read the patent number more reliably than I can, then you can put a date to it from the following number sequences:

1958 begins with PP1672
1959 begins with PP1792
1960 begins with PP1893

The patent names typically do not include the commercial hybrid names under which the plant may have been subsequently marketed, so searching is more difficult without knowing the number. If it’s 1689 (my guess), then it’s this one:

Note that Plant Patents are valid for 20 years from the date of registration, so that number would still have been valid up until 1978.

 

[invent4hir]

Red Glory bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, 1958).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1958 as 'Red Glory'.
This info & more at https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.5124

 

[jude061]

No.4 looks like a door strike plate maybe.
The key looks to be a Victorian era warded lock key for a door.