Carl,
 Found one in Surry County Virginia on a site with a late 18th century context (1790s). The site owner was one of some renown and among the finds was one of his Continental Army Officer's buttons, so I likened the Tallio button to be from a possible hunting coat, denoting his obvious life of comfort and leisure time. Have always wanted to follow up that theory and talked to Laura Galke about it recently at the MAAC.  Anyway, my Tallio button was a STAG and not the more popular fox. Curious to learn what you turn up would love to know more about these wonderful finds.  


Donnie Sadler 

Project Archaeologist
Cultural Resources, Inc. 
Yorktown, VA


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From: mary beth fitts <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sun, Apr 14, 2013 3:22 pm
Subject: Re: Tallio!


We found a set at UNC Chapel Hill during excavations on the historic campus
a couple years ago, but unfortunately they were in the plow zone. They have
been found in several late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century
military contexts, cited here:
http://www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/pdf/ResRep34.pdf   page 88

Best,
Mary Beth Fitts


Doctoral Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Hi all, A while back I found a set of cufflinks with an engraved fox and
> the word "Tallio"  in a 19th c context at the Johnanes Kolb site, near
> Darlington, SC. I'm looking at the artifacts from this feature again and
> did a search for the word and image and came across a reference to Laura
> Galke finding one in a 1766-1772 context at Ferry Farm, which led to an
> article by Sara Cofield, where she adds an example from 1798. My example
> comes from a context that yielded cut sponge decorated whiteware (sorry
> George, CC ware), which according to George Miller post dates 1845. This
> was found in a root cellar, and is thought to be from a slave occupation.
> So mine may be a highly curated keepsake. Has anyone else found these, and
> if so, what is the date of your context? thanks, Carl
>
>
> Carl Steen
>