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1. Creampan, rim sherd of typical Yorktown 

 form, slightly flaring externally and incurving 

 within, hard red earthenware with grey-to-pink 

 surface and one spot of dark-brown glaze on 

 the outside; presumably biscuit and rejected 

 before glazing. Diameter approximately lb 1 , 

 inches. Found at Yorktown along with other 

 similar rims beneath the roadway south of the 

 Digges House. Colonial Williamsburg collec- 

 tion. 



2. Creampan, section from rim to base, a typical 

 example of the "rolled-rim" technique, the 

 body poorly fired, pink earthenware flecked 

 with ochcr, presumably biscuit and rejected 

 before glazing. The sherd is badly twisted and 

 is an undoubted waster. Diameter approxi- 

 mately 16 inches. National Park Service col- 

 lection from Yorktown. \o recorded context. 



3. Creampan. rim and wall fragment, rim tech- 

 nique similar to no. 2, but heavier and the 

 body thicker; pale pink earthenware flecked 

 with ocher. Presumably biscuit and rejected 

 before glazing. Diameter uncertain. National 

 Park Service collection from Yorktown. No 

 recorded provenance. 



4. Creampan, rim and wall fragment, the rim 

 form a variant on the exerted and rolled tech- 

 nique, seemingly having been turned out and 

 then rolled back toward the interior. The body 

 orange-to-pink earthenware flecked with ochcr. 

 presumably biscuit and rejected before glazing. 

 Diameter approximately 10}« inches. National 

 Park Service collection from Yorktown. No re- 

 corded provenance. Fragments of three pans 

 of this type were present in the as-yet-unpub- 

 lished group of artifacts from the Challis site in 

 James City County whence came the key- 

 Rogers stoneware tankard (fig. 3), all of which 

 were buried around 1730. 



5. Funnel, lower rim fragment, lead-glazed pale 

 pink-bodied earthenware similar to the two 

 examples illustrated in figure 15; the rim exert- 

 ed and tooled beneath, a technique paralleled 

 by those on numerous bowls found at Yorktown 

 and Williamsburg. A rim sherd of this form 



was among the pieces found in front of the 

 es House. The funnel is thin walled, well 

 potted, and coated with a ginger-to-yellow mot- 

 tle 10th inside and out. National Park 

 Service collection from Yorktown; no recorded 

 context. The comparable funnels cited above 

 were discarded in the mid- 18th century. 



6. Porringer, small rim fragmi rtt only, but bearing 

 traces of handle luting which thus identifies 

 the vessel; the rim everted and flattered on the 

 top, pale pink-bodied earthenware, presumably 

 biscuit and rejected before glazing. Diameter 

 approximately 6' s inches. National Park Serv- 

 ice collection from Yorktown; no recorded 

 provenance. 



7. Pipkin, brown salt-glazed stoneware, bag- 

 shapecl body with slightly rising base, the rim 

 thickened, slightly everted, with a tooled cordon 

 beneath. The handle (not part of this example) 

 was made as a solid roll and when soft pierced 

 longitudinally with a stick. The glaze is well 

 mottled and a purplish green. The bodv was 

 thrown away in the mid- 18th century, but the 

 handle is unstratified. Colonial Williamsburg 

 archeological collection (body) E.R. 140. 27A, 

 (handle) 30B. Other fragments from Williams- 

 burg show that the rim usually was drawn 

 slightly outward at a point at right angles to 

 the handle to create a simple spout. Excavated 

 examples of these pipkins range in rim diameter 

 from 4% to at least 5% inches. 



8. Bottle, brown salt-glazed stoneware, neck and 

 handle fragment only, the body dark gray and 

 the oxide slip a deep purple to yellow as a result 

 of overfiring. Glazing also occurs on the frac- 

 tures, identifying this piece as a waster and 

 therefore of considerable importance. Other 

 blemishes include roof drippings on the handle 

 and body which indicate that the bottle was 

 fired without the protection of a sagger. The 

 cordoning on the neck is well proportioned, and 

 the handle terminates in a neatly fingered rat- 

 tail. National Park Service collection from the 

 Swan Tavern site at Yorktown; unstratii 

 S.T. 213. 



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