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Artifacts and Features
Type: Ceramics
Dimensions: Height: 11 1/2 inches (29 cm).
Date Range: Seventeenth Century
Site: Cupids
Culture: European - English
Description:
Reconstructed South Somerset storage jar found broken on the wooden floor inside the dwelling house.
Name: Lead Cloth Seal
Type: Metal
Dimensions:
Date Range: Early Seventeenth Century
Site: Cupids
Culture: European - English
Description:
Lead cloth seal with portcullis design. Such seals were attached to newly-woven cloth either to identify the manufacturer or to register the payment of excise duties.
Name: South Somerset Sgraffito Plate
Type: Ceramics
Dimensions: 7 3/4 inches (19.5 cm) in diameter.
Date Range: Seventeenth Century
Site: Cupids
Culture: European - English
Description:
Sgraffito plate manufactured in South Somerset, England and found in the space between the dwelling house and storehouse. The design was created by incising lines into the fabric before firing.
Name: Wrought Iron Key
Type: Metal
Dimensions: Length: 4 inches (10 cm).
Date Range: Seventeenth century
Site: Cupids
Culture: European - English
Description:
Seventeenth-century wrought iron key found outside the dwelling house.
Name: Totnes Storage Jar
Type: Ceramics
Dimensions: Height: 7 1/2 inches (19 cm).
Date Range: seventeenth century
Site: Cupids
Culture: European - English
Description:
This partially reconstructed storage jar was found broken on the floor inside the dwelling house. It, and many other vessels from the Cupids site, was made in Totnes just outside Dartmouth in Devon, England.