In 1941, Joseph B. and Alvin W. Brittingham, amateur archeologists of
Hampton, Virginia, excavated several refuse pits on the site of what they
believed to be an early 17th-century trading post located at the original
site of Kecoughtan, an Indian village and colonial outpost settlement
which later became Elizabeth City, Virginia. Rich artifactual evidence,
reflecting on a small scale what was found at Jamestown, indicates a
continuous occupancy from the beginning of settlement in 1610 to about
1760.[63] The collection was given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1950.
[Illustration: FIGURE 15.--This sgraffito-ware chamber pot, from
Jamestown, has incised on the rim _WR 16 .._, probably in reference to the
king. Height, 5-1/2 inches. Colonial National Historical Park.]
[Illustration: FIGURE 16.--Sgraffito-ware harvest jug made in Bideford,
with the date "1795" inscribed. Borough of Bideford Public Library and
Museum. (_Photo by A. C. Littlejohns._)]