Possible Clues:

• Shoots flock or piece of clay
• Drops the broken fragment
• Smarter daughter limits team leader's part of vessel
• Plenty of money to collect a bit of china
• Piece once fired hits some cattle
• Preserves animals in part of vessel found in digs
• An old crock
• Kitty's crowd turned up in digging search
• Shoots flock or piece of clay?
• Piece of broken pottery