Physical description

Glass jar with a metal screw top containing square head and round head nails up to 4 inches (some handmade and dating from 1873), screws, and a 4cm size sample of stibnite (primary ore of the metaloid antimony) found at Ringwood Miner's Cottage at 367 Maroondah Highway during disassembly in Feb 1975 for relocation to Ringwood Lake Park. The ore sample has a yellow film of oxide (Sb2s3) on one side.

Inscriptions & markings

A scrap of paper in the jar has 'Nails, Screws, Miner's Cottage'