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Description: | The bowl from a clay pipe of modern date in the form of a male human head. It is an elaborate, joined bowl made in a three-piece mould; mould lines are visible on the sides and back of the head. The bearded man wears a close-fitting hat. Unfortunately, the person depicted has been able to be identified, although they have Arabic or Indian associations. It could have been that a maker's mark was lost when the bowl was broken from the stem. The distinctive red clay from which this pipe was made marks it out as being made in France, possibly at the Fiolet factory at St Omer. The large size of the bowl and its intricate rendering suggests a late nineteenth or early twentieth century date. There is no evidence that the pipe has been smoked; perhaps it was a souvenir which got broken.
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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