Colonial Jamestown Williamsburg Pottery/Pipe 1690's

Colonial Jamestown Williamsburg Pottery/Pipe 1690's (image 1/1)
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These pieces of colonial clay pipes and pottery were found in a dig in the 1990's in the Kingsmill Area of Williamsburg. The dig located was just a couple miles from Jamestown. The pieces were given to the volunteers who helped as a reward. Colonial Jamestown and Williamsburg are located nearby. This part of Virginia is w tobacco got its start. Estimated to be buried around 1690 these pieces could have been used by slaves and masters. Or just plain working people like us at eBay. The Pottery pieces are matched and fit into one another, about 3/8 inch thick. I can send closer pictures if you like. The pieces are from English kaolin tobacco pipes. They sold for as little as 2 shillings for a gross. Making them available to all levels of colonial society. they were as expendable as cigarettes, though vastly more durable. The James River Institute for Archaeology, Inc. (JRIA) excavated Utopia IV in the spring and summer of 1994. The site is located within the residential and recreational community of Kingsmill on the James, outside the town of Williamsburg, Virginia. Kingsmill is owned by Anheuser Busch, Inc., which funded the excavation of Utopia IV as part of its mandate to preserve and study the historical resources on its property. The site is situated on valuable real estate that Busch planned to develop into house lots. Prior to read more
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