ure paire of shooes.
One paire of garters.
One doozen of points [a point was a tie or string ending with an
anglet and used to join parts of a costume as doublet and hose]."

The women wore plain frocks and petticoats, although a few of the
wealthy ladies owned silk, satin, and velvet dresses. Bodices, as a
rule, were long pointed, and skirts were full and long.

Perhaps the most unique items of wearing apparel recovered at Jamestown
were several leather shoe soles and two almost-complete shoes, found in
a dirtlined well in association with artifacts of the 1625-50 period.

[Illustration: FOR EVERYDAY USE THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS WORE HARDWEARING
CLOTHES MADE OF HOMESPUN CLOTH. (Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.)]

Other objects unearthed relating to wearing apparel and costume
accessories, include an excellent assortment of buckles, buttons, and
brass eyelets. Items in the collection which were used in the mending of
clothes include needles, pins, and thimbles (both brass and silver).

[Illustration: A LEATHER SHOE AND SEVERAL LEATHER SHOE SOLES WERE
UNCOVERED IN AN EARLY 17TH-CENTURY WELL.]

[Illustration: A FEW BUCKLES AND BUTTONS IN THE JAMESTOWN COLLECTION.
MANY ARE OVER 300 YEARS OLD.]

[Illustration: HOMESPUN CLOTHES WERE SELDOM DISCARDED. THE MANY PINS,
NEEDLES, AND THIMBLES FOUND REVEAL THAT MENDING WAS A NEVER-ENDING CHORE
FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE.]

[Illustration: AN ASSORTMENT OF CARPENTERS' TOOLS UNEARTHED AT
JAMESTOWN. MOST OF THEM WERE USED OVER THREE CENTURIES AGO.]

[Illustration: THE JAMESTOWN COOPER WAS A BUSY CRAFTSMAN. MANY BARRELS,
HOGSHEADS, AND CASKS WERE NEEDED IN THE COLONY, AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF
BARREL STAVES WERE MADE FOR SHIPPING TO ENGLAND. (Painting by Sidney E.
King.)]

Artisans and Craftsmen

Numerous objects recovered at Jamestown are extremely important as they
reveal the kinds of craftsmen and artisans who worked in Virginia's
first capital, the nature of their tools and equipment, and examples of
their handiwork.

THE CARPENTER

Scores of tools used by the men who helped build the Jamestown houses
have been unearthed, including chisels, augers, gouges, hammers,
reamers, saw fragments, bits, axes and hatchets, plane blades, gimlets,
files, calipers, compasses, scribers, nail pulls, and a saw wrest. A
grindstone was found in a refuse pit not far from the historic church
tower.

THE COOPER

Some tools used by the cooper, including draw shaves, a