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.

The principal residence of Avalon, where Calvert and his family lived during the winter of 1628-29 and in which the Kirkes established their residence in 1638, has long been the object of archaeologists working at Ferryland.

Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, dated August 17, 1622.

An article about the forge that was constructed at the Colony of Avalon, Newfoundland during the summer of 1622, and a look at some of the artifacts that were unearthed there.

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1682

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.