Figure 58  Ointment pots, England, eighteenth century. Tin-glazed earthenware. H. of center pot 2". These archaeological sherds, excavated in Williamsburg and loaned to Thorley in 1940 as examples of the opaque delft glaze, eventually became prototypes for his ointment pot. They were found in his studio in 1986 and subsequently returned to Colonial Williamsburg.