By: Melissa
This artifact is a Plume Holder. It is made out of brass, from a mold. (A mold is made by an armourer who pours hot metal into the mold, and then closes it to let it cool and harden. Then you open up the mold and take the object out.) An artillery from the British army would have used this to hold a plume (feather) on their hat for decoration. The time period in which this artifact was used was around 1812. (The time of the war at Fort Fredrick) A plume holder looks like a grenade with fire coming out of it. It is black and it looks easy to bend. It is hollow on the back of it, and it is very textural, the pictures really stick out. It is not flat. There is some Latin words on the bottom of it. ( on the banner) It says: "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT".
This artifact is called a chin scale. It is made out of copper, and it was made by hand, by an armourer. An officer in the military, from Britain would have used it for special occasions. Chin scales were worn on the chin strap of a hat for decoration. They were sewn on through the 3 holes and they would overlap each other down to the chin on both sides. ( It would stop underneath the chin so there were only chin scales on the sides of the face/ chin strap) There were different sizes of chin straps because, the chin strap got thinner as it got closer to the chin. The time period in which this artifact was used was around the early 19th century. A chin scale looks like it is made out of glass or metal. ( But, it’s not) It is in the shape of a semi-circle, and it has 3 holes tiny holes on the bottom ( uncurved) part of the chin scale. It is called a chin scale because, it was used for decoration around the chin/on a chin strap, and it looks like a fish scale. It is copper, and green ( green, from the corrosion of it)
This artifact is a 62nd regiment badge. It is made out of brass from a mold, made by an armourer. The men from the 62nd regiment of the British army, would have used it to identify themselves, as a separate regiment. ( They would most likely wear it on their hat) The time period in which this artifact was used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bage looks like a sun, it is in the shape of a circle with the rays of the sun surrounding it. It is dark brown, with green and yellow rust on it. ( from corrosion) It is hollow on the back, and it looks like it is easy to bend material. It is very textural, the decorations on it really stand out. Also there is some Latin written on it.
The 62nd regiment came to Canada 3 times. Once from 1758-1759, from 1814-1823, and from 1856-1864. They never actually came to Kinston, but if you’re wondering how the bage might have gotten here, someone could have moved to Kingston or visited family at one point in time. Or, the bage could have washed up on shore, or maybe a man got transferred to another regiment, and he brought his uniform with him to Kingston when he fought. Also, the 62nd regiment went on an expidition with General Wolfe.