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Description: | A Post Medieval clay incomplete tobacco pipe (mid 17th century). This tobacco pipe has a small bulbous bowl and a squat oval foot at the junction between the bowl and the stem. The majority of the stem is missing. The bowl is decorated with an incised line and punched dot double border just below the rim. On the foot there is a maker's mark "TD" with a Tudor rose below all within a heart-shaped border.Other tobacco pipes with this maker's mark are listed on the Museum of London Tobacco Pipe Index and they are either from contexts date 1660-1680 or 1670-1710.Dimensions: Internal diameter of bowl: 11.36mm; length: 71.64mm; weight: 14.18gReference: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/claypipes/pages/mark.asp?mark_name=TDIdentification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
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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