Double strand, Forked Tongue Brotherton Barbed wire

Double strand barbed wire, Glidden winner, Patented November 24, 1874

Double strand, horse barbed wire

Single strand barbed wire, spring expansion joint found in sheep fencing

Furnace stoker from Fort Bend County Courthouse

Rusted blade.

Fishing rod that has a long yellowish-white rod with five [Blank] attached with yellow and black [Blank]. The handle is green painted metal. The cork grip is missing, mostly likely rotted off. The reel is a cylinder shape and is silver in color. It has four thin bars separating the two flat ends of the reel, and one big bar, the spool in the center with cloth string wrapped around it. One side has a crank for winding the string. It has yellow handles that have been painted black.

It is believed that this chest and tools belonged to Anton B. Wessendorff, a cabinet maker who came to America from Germany about 1850 when he was about 20 yrs old. He started a small cabinet shop in Richmond about 1855 adding a small line of lumber and nails as demand developed. He also began making and finishing caskets.

It is believed that this chest and tools belonged to Anton B. Wessendorff, a cabinet maker who came to America from Germany about 1850 when he was about 20 yrs old. He started a small cabinet shop in Richmond about 1855 adding a small line of lumber and nails as demand developed. He also began making and finishing caskets.

Double strand. Dodge and Washburn reverse. January 4, 1882

Single strand barbed wire. "kangaroo Wire" 1 long and 1 short barb

Single strand. M. C. Shinn, Patented March 1, 1881

Photograph of a wooden highchair painted white. The chair was made by John Walcik for his son Vladik in1911 in rural Fort Bend County. It is approximately 30” high, 14 ½” wide and 13 ½” deep.

Hand forged iron pilers used as part of a turnbuckle

Metal valve used in the sugar refinery.

Double Strand barbed wire, Slit Diamond, 4 pt. Unknown Date

possibly a type of candle holder or light fixture

Cartridge case buckle, small rectangular buckle piece.

round hollow button fragment

Tablecloth, open in the middle. Presumed that it fit around the edge of a table

John Maddock & Sons Royal Vitreous 18 small dessert bowls gold molding around edge

John Maddock & Sons Royal Vitreous 16 small bread/butter plates floral design with gold molding around edge

John Maddock & Sons Royal Vitreous oval serving plate with gold rim with yellow, pink, and red floral design in the middle of the plate

John Maddock & Sons Royal Vitreous oval shaped serving bowl with gold rim, floral design in the middle