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5 CM. 



Figure 26. — Gravel-tempered sherds from Plymouth, 

 Massachusetts: fragment of oven (left) and rim 

 sherd (upper right), from John Rowland house 

 site; and pan-rim sherd from "R. M." site. 

 Plimoth Plantation, Inc., Plymouth. (Smithsonian 

 photo 4^008-B.) 



stylized hat and stock-like collar. One suspects that 

 the man is a clergyman, although his eyes are cast 

 down in a most worldly manner upon the lady below. 

 He is flanked by a pair of doves; behind each dove is 

 a vertical tulip with stem and leaves. 



Some of the shading is applied with a four-pointed 

 tool, as in many of the Jamestown pieces, although 

 the tool was smaller. The handle bears the same 

 characteristics as those on jugs found at Jamestown — 

 the same carelessly formed ridge, the same spread- 

 ing, up-thrust reinforcement at the base of the handle. 



Unlike the Jamestown jugs, this one is covered com- 

 pletely on the exterior with slip and glaze. How- 

 ever, since this was a presentation piece, we could 

 expect more careful treatment than was usual on 

 pots made for commercial sale. 



The jug descended in a Sussex County, Delaware, 

 family — on the distaff side, curiously. Family recol- 

 lection traces its ownership back to the early 19th 

 century, with an unsubstantiated legend that it 

 was used by British soldiers during the Revolutionary 

 War. We may conclude at least that the jug is not 

 a recent import and surmise that it was probably 

 jjrought to America as an heirloom by an emigrating 

 Devon family, perhaps before the Revolution. 

 Sussex County has a stable population, mostly of old- 

 stock English descent. It w'as settled during the 

 second half of the 17th and first half of the ISih 

 centuries. There is a strong possibility, therefore, 



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