10. Strap similar to the above. Slightly constricted 

 ,n midsection but otherwise without taper; posi- 

 tioning of nail holes as in no. 9. The strap is bent 

 in opposite directions al either end, the bend at the 

 right extremity passing through the line of the nail 

 holes, indicating that the bending occurred when 

 the objei i was used for a purpose other than that 

 for whii h it was originally intended. T.N. 23. 



11. Shoe buckle, iron. Badly decayed, but traces of 

 both iron tines and back loop remain. The frame 

 sides were probably originally only :; ,„ in. to % in. 

 wide. T.N. 23. Shoe buckles of iron are \<i\ 

 rarely encountered. 



12. Harness ornament, brass. Originally silver-plated 

 or tin-plated, of shell form; five tangs that protrude 

 from the back — four in the area of the shell and one 

 at the tail — were folded over to grip the leather, 

 fragments of which still survived when the fitting 

 was found. The form was common in the 18th 

 century, 92 but most examples found in Virginia are 

 much less angular than is this example. T.N. 17. 



13. Harness fitting, brass, with rectangular loop at 

 right angles to the ornamental plate, probably a 

 Strap retainer. T.N. 15. 



14. Bone tube or nozzle, possibly part i f a syringe. 

 Internal bore spreads from % in. at the narrow, 

 broken end, to :l s in. at the other end. The increase 

 in bore begins at a point % in. from the wide end. 

 The latter terminates on the exterior in a collar 

 above six encircling grooves, below which the tube 

 is trumpet-shaped and ornamented with two shallow 

 incised rings. T.N. 17. 



15. Bone tube of uncertain purpose. Trimmed at the 

 narrow end to fit within a collar or extension; the 

 wider end spreading and convex, the interior of this 

 end with spiral groove to create threading to house 



crew-ended plug or extension. T.N. 17. 



16. Wineglass stem. Heavy and solid inverted bal- 

 uster with small fortuitous tear; the lead metal 

 a smoky gray with an almost frosted appearance 

 resulting from surface decay. 93 The bowl, though 



I in similar examples, see Noei Hume, "Excavations at 

 Rosewell," p. 200, fig. 22. nos. 6 



l"i a parallel of the stem form only, see Georgj Bernard 



Hi ■ : 1 1 1 s, / S ottish mill Irish Table Glass limn the Sixteenth 



\ry to 1820 (London: Batsford, 19 i6 fig (5, no. 1 \ 

 "in baluster shape, about 1695, is shown in E. M. 

 l.i.vu i I . "Starting a Collection of ( ,lu«." < 'ounti i LiJ ' June 1 1 , 

 125, no. 3256, p. 1329. fig. 1. A tavern glass, at- 

 tributed to the period 1685—1690, whose baluster has a large 

 otherwise is a good parallel, is shown in Tht 

 I ollector's Guide (April 1954 I, p. 29, fig. at left. 



large, was comparatively thin at its junction with 

 die stem and probably, therefore, was of funnel 

 form. Late 17th century. T.N. 22. 



17. Light wineglass. Pale straw-colored metal; 94 in- 

 verted baluster stem is hollow and gently tooled 

 into quatrefoil form at its junction with the bowl, 95 

 the latter setting firmly into the top of the stem. 

 The conical foot with central pontil mark is thin 

 and was undoubtedly folded. This is an important 

 3-piece glass of a type sometimes attributed to 

 Hawley Bishop, George Ravenscroffs successor 

 at the Henley-on-Thames glasshouse. 90 About 

 1680-1700. T.N. 30. 



18. Wineglass stem. Sparkling lead metal; the stem 

 comprising a solid, inverted baluster beneath a 

 massive cushion knop, the base of the bowl nestling 

 firmly within the latter. Late 17th century to early 

 18th century. 97 T.N. 4. 



FIGURE 18 

 ENGLISH DELFTWARE 



1 . Bowl with everted rim ornamented with crudely 

 overlapping ovals and diamonds in blue; interior 

 of bowl decorated with rings of the same color. 

 The conjectural base and foot are derived from 

 larger bowls of similar form found in excavations at 

 Williamsburg. The glaze is thick, and very white. 

 Late 17th century to early 18th century. T.N. 30. 



2. Rim sherd from bowl of form similar to the above, 

 but the blue decoration on the interior of the bowl 

 and the rim plain. T.N. 23. 



3. Hemispherical bowl. The foot conjectural, dec- 

 orated in blue on the exterior with a stylized foliate 

 border made up almost entirely from groups of 

 straight lines. There is a trellis border above the 

 missing foot, and the interior is decorated with a 

 double blue line at the same height, and with a 

 single line % in. below the rim. This last is 

 decorated with red. imitating the red-brown slipped 

 line that frequently occurs on Chinese export 



'"The metal was tested lor lead with positive results, 



\ slightly larger stem from a glass of similar fo) m was found 

 outside tin- kitchen in deposit T.N. 1; not illustrated. 



'"' For a ulass of comparable form, but of soda metal, see 



(;. B. Hughes, "Old English Ale Glasses," Wim andSpirit Tradt 



. (April 15, 1954), p. 428 and fig. 1. 



' : I ni .i .miliar stem shape attributed to the last decade of 



the I 'th century see A. Hartshorn r, old English Glasses 



(London, 1897), p. 245, pi. 34. 



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