. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 35.âSoithwest corner of Structure B, showing molded-sandstone trim with added brickwork in front. Bricks also covered red-sandstone block, lower i-ight. (Diagonally placed bricks at left are not part of structure.) SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH STRUCTURE B Date of Manu- Arlijact facture Provenience 2 rim sherds from ca. 1730 Beneath flagstone in brown-banded ; porch apron north â â <lrab," stoneware of Structure B. mug ( ; fig. 67b) Iron candle-snuffer 1730-1750 Debris at south end ( ; (if Struc
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 35.âSoithwest corner of Structure B, showing molded-sandstone trim with added brickwork in front. Bricks also covered red-sandstone block, lower i-ight. (Diagonally placed bricks at left are not part of structure.) SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH STRUCTURE B Date of Manu- Arlijact facture Provenience 2 rim sherds from ca. 1730 Beneath flagstone in brown-banded ; porch apron north â â <lrab," stoneware of Structure B. mug ( ; fig. 67b) Iron candle-snuffer 1730-1750 Debris at south end ( ; (if Structure B. ill. 62) Small crescent-shaped Debris at south end chopping knife of Structure B. (USNM ; fig. 85a) Silver teaspoon ca. 1730- Wall debris near (USNM ; fig. 1750 north end. 86d) In ;iddition, there was the usual variety of 18th- century delftvvare, Xottinghain and white salt- glazed stoneware, pieces of a Westerwald stoneware chamber pot, and much miscellaneous iron, of which only a hinge fragment and a supposed shutter fastener probably were associated with the house. .None of this material has pro\enience data, nearly all of it haxing turned up in the process of trenching. Little of it, therefore, throws much light on the history of the structure. The most important artifacts found ill and around .Structure B are those of an architectural nature, and these will be considered primarily in the following section. ARCHITECTURAL DATA AND ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE D That the "manor house,"' as Thomas Oliver called it in 1771. was an extraordinary building is both re- x'ealed in the Structure B foundation and confirmed by the insurance-policy sketch of 18l)(i. Long, low,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United St
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