. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. north wall of edge of kitchen excavation line of north exterior face of chimney edge of excavation. modern surface afie'r bulldozing Figure 8.—Section through the filling of Pit B. Other finds included fragments of English delftware, among them a very large polychrome charger thai had been intended as a wall or dresser ornament, and a most unusual saucer-shaped vessel, ornamented with splashes of blue, that resembles a reversed form of the London copies of Nevers ; Additional finds included North Devon oS and other coarse earthe
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. north wall of edge of kitchen excavation line of north exterior face of chimney edge of excavation. modern surface afie'r bulldozing Figure 8.—Section through the filling of Pit B. Other finds included fragments of English delftware, among them a very large polychrome charger thai had been intended as a wall or dresser ornament, and a most unusual saucer-shaped vessel, ornamented with splashes of blue, that resembles a reversed form of the London copies of Nevers ; Additional finds included North Devon oS and other coarse earthenwares, a millefiori bead, and an English wine- glass in the Hawley Bishop style dating about 1690. Dating: The evidence of the bottles indicates a filling date in the first decade of the 18th century. PIT C Covering the top of this pit was a layer of reddish clay, the same type of clay that was used in the backfilling of the builders' trench around the kitchen foundations. The clay was directly covered by brick rubble from the building's destruction stratum. From between the clay and rubble ( 15) came fragments of an iron saw some 17 in. long and a brass harness fitting of unusual form. Set into the clay level was the base of a brick pier made from brickbats and intended to provide added support over the soft filling of a pit measuring approximately 6 ft. by 4 ft. 3 in. and having a total depth of 2 ft. 57 See F. H. Garner, English Delftware (London: Faber and Faber, 1948), p. 15 and fig. 30a. 3S See C. Malcolm Watkins, "North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century" (paper 13 in Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology: Papers 12-18, National Museum Bulletin 223, by various authors; Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1963). PAPER 53: EXCAVATIONS AT TUTTER's NECK 6 in. The walls were carefully trimmed and the bottom was flat, leaving no doubt that this cavity was dug as a refuse pit and was not a converted stump hole. T
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