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Description: | Incomplete fragment of a clay tobacco pipe bowl of late post medieval date (c.1690). The pipe fragment measures 24.7mm length, 18.5mm width and is 13mm thick. The bowl diameter cannot be measured and the heel diameter 16.9mm, weight 4.71 grams. The information within this report is taken from information provided by Mr Rex Key of Broseley Pipe Museum to which sincere thanks are extended. Broseley style pipe, broadly fitting David Atkinson's Broseley Type 5 classification, oval almost square shaped heal, dated to c.1690. The relief heal mark is complete but poorly impressed; it is that of Samuel Legg. The mark is over two lines SAM / LECG within a rectangular cartouche. Legg was a Broseley pipemaker. The pipe shows signs of burnishing (straight, smoothing strokes).
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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