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Description: | Clay pipe fragment from the Early Modern period; stem missing, only bowl and heel remaining. This is a pipe bowl that is most likely to date from c1880-1920 that depicts the symbols of Glasgow - a tree and fish on one side and an arms on the other, which should have the lettering 'Let Glasgow Flourish' within the surrounding garter. This was one of many popular designs used on
short-stemmed 'cutty' pipes. This pattern would have been made by many of the Scottish firms, particularly in Glasgow, which had a huge pipemaking and industry for both home and export markets. It was also made by other large
manufacturers, for example, Pollock's of Manchester (their pattern No 160). Pollock's were founded in 1879 and are still making pipes today. They certainly produced this pattern until relatively recently. This example is
perhaps most likely to be Scottish and to date from the main period of production for this style in the late C19th or early C20th. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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