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Description: | A pipe tamper cast in copper-alloy of post-medieval date (c. 17th century AD). The tamper has a narrow circular base (Dia.: 8.2mm), suggestive of an narrow bowl of a relatively early date. The main body is cast in the form of a full-length human. They are wearing short pantaloons and a hat with central bobble. One arm is bent at the elbow and the hand holds what is probably a tankard. The other arm is curved upwards; its hand holds a clay pipe towards the bowl. There are moulded ridges below the figure and above the base. The object is red-brown in colour with large patches of mid-light green corrosion product. The costume depicted suggests a date for this object in the Stuart period. A similar pipe tamper can be found illustrated in Read (1995, 204, 205; ref. 1430); a parallel was found in a context dating between 1619 and 1650 within the Fortified Compound, 44PG65 at Flowerdew Hundred, Virginia, USA (Karen K. Shriver pers. comm. 14 October 2010 - Curator, Flowerdew Hundred Collection University of Virginia Library).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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