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Description: | Tinker made
"Tinker made brass pipe case (late 18th-early 19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Tobacco was introduced into Britain in the 16th century and by the 18th century was popular either taken as snuff or smoked in a clay pipe. Tinkers made pipe cases in metal to protect the pipes. This is a brass pipe case from the 19th century and comes from Kirkwall in Orkney. It would have prevented the fragile clay pipe, the type in use at that time, from being broken while not in use. This case is an example of tinker craftmanship. These travelling people were skilled at all types of metalwork, making many necessary objects for people who would otherwise have been unable to obtain them."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: Yates, Mr John | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1800-1900 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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