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Description: | Post medieval copper alloy pipe tamper with a roughly circular bezel engraved with the initials IB within a circle of punched dots. This stands proud on a ring 25x23mm in diameter (internal 19.8x17.4mm).
On the opposite side of the ring to the bezel is a collared projection, broken and hollow, apparantly with a screw thread on the outside, which would probably date this to at least the 18th century.
This style of pipe tamper dates from the second half of the 17th century. Presumably the screw thread exists to secure the pipe tamper in its handle.
The I of the IB has a tiny horizontal line crossing its centre.
The pipe tamper stands 33.6mm high and weighs 7.12g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1650
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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