THE ONE SHOWN HAD
FIVE FIRING CHAMBERS. ROOFING TILES WERE ALSO MADE IN THE JAMESTOWN
BRICK KILNS.]
[Illustration: A 17TH-CENTURY LIME KILN EXCAVATED AT JAMESTOWN. IN IT
OYSTER SHELLS FROM THE JAMES RIVER WERE BURNED FOR MAKING LIME. THE IRON
HOOPS WHICH SUPPORTED THE ARCHED TOP OF THE KILN BUCKLED FROM THE
INTENSE HEAT.]
[Illustration: MAKING LIME FROM OYSTER SHELLS IN A KILN, ABOUT 1625.
(Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.)]
OTHER CRAFTSMEN
Contemporary records, confirmed by certain objects found at Jamestown
(especially small tools), reveal that pewterers, silversmiths colliers,
wheelwrights, calkers, bricklayers, millwrights, shoemakers, masons,
cordage makers, tanners, tobacco pipemakers, armorers, gunmakers,
braziers, and others worked in the capital city at various periods
between 1607 and 1699.
[Illustration: A SILVERSMITH WEIGHING CLIPPED COINS. (Conjectural sketch
by Sidney E. King.)]
[Illustration: BRASS WEIGHTS AND A PIECE OF SCRAP BRASS UNEARTHED AT
JAMESTOWN. RECORDS INDICATE THAT MANY METALWORKERS EMIGRATED TO VIRGINIA
DURING THE 17TH CENTURY.]
Home Industries
During archeological explorations many artifacts relating to household
and town industries were recovered.
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