Ear picker
In the early 1600's, what were these often worn as, as well as the colors?
Worn like jewelry, gold and silver.
What was the primary use of these dice?
To play games
children in this age range are especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead toys.
6-7 Years old.
What is a monogrammed seal?
The specific feature that made the wine bottles unique.
The years when tailors joined the Jamestown colonist.
1607 and 1608.
What did tailors use to make their thread stronger if they ran out of beeswax?
Ear wax
What is animal bone?
The primary material used to make these 17th century gaming dice.
What historic site yielded lead toy horses, along with food remains, broken pottery, and shattered glassware?
James Fort.
What did the Jamestown archaeologist discover?
This German city is where the 16th-century brass thimble found at James fort was made.
Nuremberg.
Describe what an ear picker looks like.
A silver sea creature with a hook on one end, and a scraper on the other.
Two other materials besides animal bone, that were used to make gaming dice.
Ivory and lead.
The feature of the lead toy horse that allowed a child to push or pull it around.
The Wheels.
Where were the wine bottles made?
England.
What is brass?
The material used to make the 11 thimbles discovered at James Fort.
What type of settlers in Jamestown often used the ear picker?
Surgeons and Barbers.
What group of people used these dice to pass time during long hours at a remote fort?
The soldiers.
The element that is no longer allowed in toys in the U.S.
Lead.
Who were the high ranking gentlemen?
The people who ordered wine bottles stamped with their personal seal during the 1700s.
Three other items for tailoring that were also found.
Needles, irons, and pins.