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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy tobacco pipe tamper of probable seventeenth or eighteenth century date (c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1800). Length: 42.9mm; width: 35.3mm and 10.0mm thick. Weight: 25.15g.The head of the tamper is in the form of a model bird, possibly representing a duck. The bird is standing upright and has indistinct legs and feet. The wings are fully closed and the neck and head are arched forwards so that the head and open beak are almost vertical. Below the bird's legs are two collars forming a 'pedestal. On the underside of the lower collar there is a stub of a small circular shaft which has an old break. This part would have extended to form the tamping element.The surface is very worn and largely has a mid-green patina. However, some superficial copper alloy corrosion products are present.
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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