Battle of Saratoga

Items

• Sock
  Earliest example of double-needle knitting. Made in North Africa during Islamic rule as assumed from the indigo and white designs that echo color combinations found in most islamic ceramics of the time. The sock was most likely worked from toe to top with difference in needle size accounting for the change in gauge. 
• Pair of socks
  The Romano-Egyptian socks were excavated from ancient Oxyrhynchus, a Greek colony on the Nile in central Egypt at the end of the 19th century. They use a technique called nålbinding which predates modern knitting. The socks were made with red wool and each sock has a divided big toe so as to be worn with sandals. The construction of these socks, which have a turned heel, began at the toe and finished at the ankle with added stitches in the front to form an under-flap, ending in a loop, for fastening or tying.
• Ring with Cat and Kittens
  This ring was likely created to celebrate various festivals held in honor of the deities depicted on the rings. It depicts the story where a feline deity must be coaxed back to the Nile Valley after she flees into the Nubian desert. Her desertion disrupts the ancient Egyptian world of "maat" and she must be brought back so that Egypt returns to stability and prosperity. From the Third Intermediate Period
• Cuff Bracelets Decorated with Cats
  The cats on this bracelet are similar to elements of royal jewelry dating to the beginning of 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). Created under reign of Thutmose III
• Statue of cat
  Bronze (?) statue with mummified cat inside. From Ptolemaic Period.
• Cult Image of the God Ptah
  This statuette depicts Ptah, the chief god of Egypt's capital city Memphis, who is easy to identify by his tight-fitting cap and enveloping shroud. Other iconographic details, such as the royal beard, the large and detailed broad collar, the scepter of merged "was" and "djed" signs, and a platform representing the hieroglyph for universal order, as well as the brilliant blue stone, communicate four important epithets: Lord of Lower Egypt, Master Craftsman, Lord of Truth, and Lord of the Sky.