Figure 13. — Sgraffito-ware jua;s, about 8 inches high, 

 from Jamestown. Colonial National Historical 

 Park. 



between 1689 and 1695. This was supported by the 

 inclusion in the fill of many bottle seals bearing 

 Hartwell's initials. "H. H." Marivvell married the 

 w'iflow of William White, who had purchased the 

 property from Nicholas Mcrrivveathcr in 1677. That 

 was the year following; Bacon's Rebellion, when 

 Merriweather's house presumably was destroyed. 



There were many himclrrds of sherds in the fill 

 under and aroimd the brick drain, as well as in other 

 ditches in the site. The North Devon types were 

 found here in association with niunerous classes of 

 pottery. The most readily ideniifiablc were sherds 

 of English dclftware of inaav forms and styles of 

 decoration related to the second half of the 17th 

 century. There were occasional earlier 1 7th-century 

 examples, also, as might be expected. No 1 8th-century 

 intrusions were noted in the brick drain area, and 

 only a scattering in other portions; none was found 

 in association with the North Devon sherds. 



JAMESTOWN, VIRrUNIA: OTHER SITES. 



North Devon wares occur in the majority of sites 

 at Jamestown, but it is not always possible to date 

 them from contextual evidence because precise 

 archeological records were not always kept in the 

 early phases of the excavations. Nevertheless, narrow 

 dating is easily possible in enough sites to suggest 

 date horizons for the wares. 



The earliest evidence occurs in material from a 

 well (W-21) — excavated in 1956°" — that contained 

 an atypical sgraffito sherd described below (p. 43). 

 The sherd lay l^ieneaih a foot-deep deposit that 

 included Duti h iii.iidlica, ItaliiUi sgraffito ware, and 

 tobacco pijies, all dating in form or decoration prior 

 to 1650. This sherd is unique among all those I'oimd 

 at Jamestown, but it is essentially characteristic of 

 North Devon work. Presumably it is a forerunner 

 of the typical varieties found in the May-Hartwell 

 site and elsewhere. 



No gravel-tempered sherds occur in contexts that 

 can positively be dated prior to 1675. A sizable 



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59 Cotter, op cil. (footnote 57), p. 158. 

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