Hello folks,

I've uploaded a photo of two artifact types recently recovered from
the site of a late nineteenth-/early twentieth-century "depot house"
located along the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Warren County,
Virginia, just east of Front Royal. The "depot house" was situated
near a small, rural train station, and was essentially a dwelling
occupied by the railroad section foreman and other railroad
workers.

Any information about the identity and/or function of these artifacts
would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to email me privately if you
prefer. Here's the link for the photo, and thanks in advance for any
help:
http://www.wm.edu/CAS/WMCAR/mystery.html

Joe B. Jones