Figure i 5. — This sgraffilo-vvaic chamber pot. from 

 Jamestown, has incised on the rim 117? 16 . . , 

 probably in reference to the king. Height, 5V2 

 inches. Colonial National Historical Park. 



Figure 16. — Sgraffito-ware harvest jug made in 

 Bideford, with the date "1795" inscribed. Borough 

 of Bideford Public Library and Museum. {Photo 

 by A. C. Littlejohns.) 



and colonial outpost scttlcmeni which later became 

 Elizabeth City, Virginia. Rich artifacttial evidence, 

 reflecting on a small scale what was lotind at James- 

 town, indicates a contintunis occii]Dancy from the 

 beginning of settlement in 1610 to about 1760. "■' The 

 collection was given to the Smithsonian Institution 

 in 1950. 



JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIROINLX: r;REEN SPRING PL.-KN- 

 TATION. 



In 1642 Sir William Berkeley arrived in Virginia 

 to be its governor. Seven years later he built Green 

 Spring, about five miles north of Jamestown. The 

 house remained standing until after 1800. Its site was 

 excavated in 1954 by the National Park Service un- 

 der supervision of I.ouis R. Cay wood, Park Service 

 archeologist.''* The project, supported jointly by the 



•"Joseph B. Brittingham and .Mviii W. Biittingham, ,Sr., 1 hi- 

 J'iist Trading Post at hicotan (hecmighlan), Hampton, I'irgiiiia, 

 Hampton, 1947. 



'■* Louis R. Caywood, Excavaliuns at Green Spring Plantation, 

 Yorktown, 1955. 



Jamestown-VVilliamsbuig-Yorktown Celebration Com- 

 mission and the Virginia 350th Anniversary Com- 

 mission, was executed under supervision of Colonial 

 National Historical Park at Yorktown, Virginia. 



WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA: EARLY 18TII-CENTURY DE- 

 POSITS. 



A small amount of North Devon gravel-tempered 

 ware was found in sites excavated in Williamsburg by 

 Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. These excavations have 

 been carried out as adjuncts to the Williamsburg 

 restoration program over a 30-year period. Few of 

 the North Devon sherds found can be closely dated, 

 having occurred primarily in undocumented ditches, 

 pits, and similar deposits. However, it is unlikely 

 that any of the material dates earlier than the begin- 

 ning of the 18th century, since Williamsburg was not 

 authorized as a town until 1699. It is significant, in 

 the light of this, that North Devon pan sherds in the 

 Williamsburg collection have characteristics like those 

 of specimens from other 1 8th-century sites. Also sig- 



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