FIREPLACE CRANE. THE ADJUSTABLE HOOK MADE IT POSSIBLE TO RAISE OR LOWER
THE POT.]

[Illustration: AN IRON POT AND POT FRAGMENT UNEARTHED AT
JAMESTOWN--TYPES USED DURING THE 17TH CENTURY.]

[Illustration: MANY EARTHENWARE VESSELS FOUND WERE USED FOR COOKING
PURPOSES, INCLUDING BAKING DISHES, THREE-LEGGED POTS, AND COVERED POTS.]

[Illustration: A FEW KITCHEN UTENSILS AND ACCESSORIES EXCAVATED AT
JAMESTOWN: A LADLE, BRASS PAN, KNIFE BLADES, FORK, KETTLE FRAGMENTS,
SPOUT, COLANDER FRAGMENTS, AND POT HOOKS.]

[Illustration: A FAMILY ENJOYING A MEAL, ABOUT 1650. MANY OF THE EATING
AND DRINKING VESSELS PORTRAYED, TOGETHER WITH MUCH OF THE TABLEWARE, ARE
TYPES WHICH HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED. (Conjectural sketch by Sidney E.
King.)]


Table Accessories

In the small houses at Jamestown the kitchen also served as the dining
room. During the early years, many settlers probably ate with wooden
spoons out of wooden bowls and trenchers, and drank from mugs made of
horn, wood, or leather. As the colony became well established, these
crude utensils and vessels were used less frequently and were gradually
replaced with ones made of pottery, metalware, and glassware. None of
the perishable woodenware, horn, or leather items have been found at
Jamestown, but a large assortment of more durable objects used at the
table have been recovered. Space permits only brief descriptions of the