The articles that follow is an attempt to identify the owners of 19 bottle-seal fragments from English glass wine bottles and to provide some insight into the practice of bottle-sealing.

Page 1 showing nine bottle-seal fragments from 17th and 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 2 showing eight bottle-seal fragments from 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Information about Sir George Calvert and the establishment of the Colony of Avalon at Ferryland.

Overview of the presence of the Kirkes in Newfoundland, including the granting of the island and the legal battles between the Kirkes and the Calverts.

About Sir David Kirke and how he appropriated the Ferryland plantation after George Calvert allegedly abandoned the location.

Page 5 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 4 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 1 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 6 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 6 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 3 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 2 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 5 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 4 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 1 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 6 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 3 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 2 of a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

An introduction to a small sample of pipe bowls, showing their pipemarks, and unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.