4. line blade, iron, from which the eye and spine 

 appear to have been removed. It cannot be 

 ascertained whether the blade is part of a cut- 

 down broad hoc or whether it was always 

 roughly square in form. The latter shape was 

 well represented in a cache of agricultural tools 

 of uncertain date found in excavations at Green 

 Spring in James City County. 47 E4. 



5. Stirrup, iron, rectangular footplate with its sur- 

 face hammered to increase the grip, the sides 

 round-sectioned but flattened towards the leather- 

 loop which is drawn out into ornamental ears. 

 The style was common in the late 17th century. 

 E4. 



6. Forming chisel, iron, socketed for attachment to 

 a wooden handle, the socket and shaft square- 

 sectioned, the blade 2 1 , inches wide and the 

 cutting edge improved by a welded plate of 

 superior metal extending 1 \ inches up the blade, 

 found behind a wallboard at floor level. B6A. 



7. Cooper's chisel, iron, the blade 1% inches in 

 width and with a groove running the length of 

 Hie 'Mnch broad edge to grip the edge of the 

 hoop while hammering it into place. The shaft 

 is round-sectioned and spreads into a flat mush- 

 room head. C4. 



s . Wedge, iron, of large size, rectangular head 

 measuring 2% inches by 1\ inches, length 7% 

 inches and weight 4 pounds. The head shows no 

 evidence of heavy usage and consequently there 

 is no clue as to why such an object should have 

 been thrown away. A close parallel (7% inches 

 in length) was found at Ste Marie I in Canada 

 on the site of the early Jesuit settlement of 

 1639-1640.'- B3A. 



9. Spade, iron edge from wooden blade, the upper 

 edge of the metal split and the extended sides 

 possessing small winglike projections, and nails 

 at the ends which together served to attach the 

 lion to the wood. Iron edges for wooden 

 sp, ides ;ire not included in the artifact collections 

 from 18th-century Williamsburg, but were plenti- 

 ful in various sizes in mid-1 7th-century contexts 

 .ii Mathews Manor in Warwick County. [Un- 

 published.] C3. 



ii Louis K. Caywood, "Green Spun" Plantation," Archeo- 

 ! .' /■ Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission (York- 

 town: United States Nation,]] Park Service, 1955), pi. 9 



ti Til). 



Ki nni in E. Rum, The Excavation oj Ste Mam- I (Toronto: 

 University ofToronto Press 1)1') i. p. 108 and pi. 24b. 



10. Projectile, solid iron, cast in a two-piece mold, 

 diameter 2% inches, weight 3 pounds 1 ounce. 

 This is possibly a ball from a minion" whose 

 shot weight is given in Chambers' Cyclopaedia 

 (1738) as 3 pounds 4 ounces, the difference 

 possibly being occasioned by the Clay Bank- 

 specimen's decayed surface. 1)3. 



FIGURE 15 



1 . Basin, English delftware, reconstruction on basis 

 of rim, body and base fragments, about 1 680— 

 1690. (Fig. 8, no. 4) A3, Bl, B3, C3, C4, E2, 

 F2, H3. 



2. Basin as above, lower body fragments. 



3. Basin as above, base fragment. 



4. Mug or jug, lower body fragment, manganese 

 stippled. First half of 17th century(?). (Fig. 8, 

 no. 3.) E4. 



3. Plate, English delftware, rim and base fragments 

 (also section), decoration in two tones of blue, the 

 fronds outlined in black. London(. p ). About 

 1670-1700. A3, E3. 



6. Plate, English delftware, about 1680-1 69H. (Fig. 

 8, no. 1.) E4. 



7. Tyg, black lead-glazed red ware, double han- 

 dled; height conjectural. 17th century. (Fig. 8, 

 no. 8.) A3, B3, B6A, C3, C4, E3, E9, F3, G2, 

 G3A, H3, K). 



8. Tyg, rim sherd only, brown lead-glazed red ware, 

 thinner than no. 7 and its ribbing not extending 

 as close to the mouth; diameter approximately 

 4 1 . inches, 17th century. Bl. 



9. Mug, black lead-glazed red ware, thin-walled 

 bulbous body; handle conjectural. The form's 

 closest published parallel is a red ware example 

 which was exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts 

 Club, London, in 1914, and bore the legend 

 mr. thomas kenton in white slip below the rim. 

 The piece was identified as Staffordshire, about 

 1670. 50 A comparable mug was found in 1964 in 

 excavations at Mathews Manor in Warwick 

 County in a context of the second quarter of the 

 17th century. [W.S.199; unpublished.] A3, 

 G3A, H3. 



lo. Rim sherd from large pan, red body liberally 

 flecked with ocher, thin lead glaze, the rim folded 



49 See p. 12 for a consideration of the ball's possible 

 significance. 



''" Catalogue »f Exhibition of Early English Earthenware, Burling- 

 ton I ine Aits Club (London, 1914), p. 29 and fig. 41. 



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