Dating: Clues, Clues, Clues

Appearance of an Almost Complete Pipe
(but bowl and stem do not quite match)
(CgAf-2: 98946 88255, Smithy and Planter
House, 1660-1700)

Glass Bottle Seal: "Sloes 1699"
CgAf-2: 162778a - Smithy Area

African or Caribbean Style - CgAf-2:
151202 - Waterfront, date uncertain

Exeter Style Pipes - CgAf-2: 406a 3587
76159
Smithy and Waterfront, 1650-1670

Elizabeth I Sixpence 1579 - CgAf-2: 90561
Plough Zone near Planter House

Rim Sherd - Dated North Devon Sgraffito
Plate: "98" - CgAf-2:

Brown Rhenish Coarse Stoneware Sherds
of Bellarmine Bottles and Mugs
CgAf-2: 22510 44812 134024
146085 156402 158066
Smithy and Waterfront, 1600-1700

Rim, Base and Handle Sherds Grey
Westerwald Coarse Stoneware Mug
CgAf-2: various - Holman's Fort, 1690s

South Somerset Coarse Earthenware Pan
CgAf-2: 47198 - Holman's Fort, 1690s

North Devon Coarse Earthenware
Butter Pot Rim, Jar Rim and Pipkin
Handle - CgAf-2: 116929 119360 136946
Planter House, 1660-1690

North Devon Sgraffito Plate Rim
CgAf-2: 119356 119836ab
Manter House, 1660-1690

Drawer 1: Coins and Bottle Seals

"LR." Possibly John Rayner
Ferryland agent
for the Calverts in the 1660s
CgAf-2: 7091 - Waterfront

"John Curtis 1695"
The Bonavista planter?
CgAf-2: 171015 - Street

"Wm Smith 1720" The Trinity planter?
CgAf-2: 47843 - Holman's Fort

"Tho Holdiw... in Da..."
Thomas Holdsworth of Dartmouth
CgAf-2: 56294 - Holman's Fort
Similar examples date to 1755

"Wm ...anders ...yland"
CgAf-2: 60676 - Holman's Fort, after 1690

".C" CgAf-2: 16314
Waterfront, date uncertain

"John Strang"
Merchant of Bideford, Devon, about 1707
CgAf-2: 189167 - Street

"P Gely 1752" Philip Gely of Lympstone,
Devon was active at Ferryland about 1754
CgAf-2: 65495 - Waterfront

"George Davis" Merchant of Topsham,
Devon and Carbonear about 1760-1790
CgAf-2: 65189 - Waterfront

"H.E.B." or "B.H.E."
Humphrey Bryant or Henry Burdon?
Fishing masters at Ferryland about
1700-1710 CgAf-2: 76537 - Waterfront,
1690-1715

James I Silver Sixpence - CgAf-2: 52486
Planter House Area, 1603-1625

Coin dated 1619 - CgAf-2: 133393
Waterfront

Charles I Shilling - CgAf-2: 90088
Planter House Area, 1638-1649

Charles I Half Groat - CgAf-5: 8223
Renews, 1625-1649

Portuguese Reis, 1642, Countermarked
120 CgAf-2: 99260 - Waterfront

Louis XIII Double Tournois, 1643
CgAf-2: 153108 - Waterfront

Zeeland Duit - CgAf-2: 99230
Smithy, date uncertain

French ? Copper Coin
CgAf-2: 109141 - Smithy, 1640-1660

William III Sixpence, 1697
CgAf-2: 103619 - Planter House

William III Sixpence
CgAf-2: 160303 - Smithy Area, 1694-1702

William III Sixpence?
CgAf-2: 80895 - Planter House, 1694-1702

William III Sixpence
CgAf-4: 2235 - Pool, 1694-1702

Portuguese 10 reds 1743 CgAf-2: 101278
Waterfront 1690-1715

George I - CgAf-2: 136773
Waterfront Sea Wall, 1719-1724

George III Soho Penny, 1797
CgAf-2: 90002 - Planter House

George III Halfpence, 1799
CgAf-2: 103011 - Smithy

George IV Halfcrown
CgAf-2: 39351 - Waterfront, 1820-1830

George IV Shilling, 1825
CgAf-2: 64282 - Waterfront

Canadian Token, 1841 issued
by Duncan & Co, Montreal
CgAf-2: 75483 - Planter House

Newfoundland, 1865
CgAf-2: 39076 - Planter House

Newfoundland Penny, 1873
CgAf-2: 3645 - Smithy Area Plough Zone

Newfoundland, 1876
CgAf-2: 10576 - Smithy Area Fill

Newfoundland, Edward VII Penny, 1903
CgAf-2: 112371 - Planter House Area

Drawer 2: Pipes

Pipe Bowls 1600-1700

Pipe Bowls 1700-1800

Pipe Bowls 1800-1900

Unusual Stem Markings

Early Tobacco Pipes of about 1600

Pipes of about 1620-1650

Pipes of about 1650

Pipes of about 1660-1690

Pipes of about 1700

Bowls with stems of about 1700
Many made in Barnstaple, North Devon

Pipes of 1750-1800

Drawer 3: Ceramics

Bases and Rims of Porcelain Cups and
Saucers
CgAf-2: 66022 66045 66077 66459
Holman's Fort, 1725-1775

Rims and Base - English Grey Refined
Stoneware Mug and Cup
CgAf-2: 62062 62408 63383 127050a
Smithy and Holman's Fort, 1725-1775

Beige Coarse Earthenware Handle
CgAf-2: 149489 - Smithy, 1675-1700

Base Pearlware Bowl
CgAf-2: 146895 - Smithy Area, 1800-1830

Shoulder, Neck and Mouth Portuguese
Merida Coarse Earthenware Bottle
CgAf-2: 5062? abed 10432 93456a
Holman's Fort Planter House Area,
after 1696

Mouth and Body Sherds
Iberian Coarse Earthenware Olive Jar
CgAf-2: 45416 69174a - Waterfront,
1680-1700

Sherds Totnes Coarse Earthenware Jar
CgAf-2: 5019ab 5265
Waterfront, before 1673

Rim Buckley Coarse Earthenware Jar
CgAf-2: 158886 - Waterfront, 1690-1715

Rim North Devon Sgraffitto Dish
CgAf-2: 32264a - Waterfront, 1657-1700

Rim Bristol/Stafforshire Slipware Bowl
CgAf-2: 50571 - Waterfront, before 1673

English Tin Glaze Plate
CgAf-2: 149824 - Waterfront, 1650-1670

Portuguese Tin Glaze Plate
CgAf-2: 5091 100692 118248 121922bc
Waterfront, 1690-1715

Rim North Devon Coarse Earthenware
Milk Pan - CgAf-2: 715*9
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