Posnet

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From New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America, by John L. Cotter and J. Paul Hudson. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, 1957.

Date created: 1957
Location: Virginia
License: This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source: Original image housed by Project Gutenberg eBooks

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Black and white photograph of a posnet, a small metal pot with three feet.

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A posnet was a small metal pot with three feet. The posnet in this photo was found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia.

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