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Description: | Clay tobacco pipe, dating to c.1700. Ayto (2002, p.8) terms similar examples 'West Country Pipes'. These are long and thin in form like other contemporary pipes, but with a large flat base joining closely to the stem in the older style and the top of the bowl cut level with the stem in a new trend widely adopted from c.1700 onwards (Ayto 2002, p.10). Similar examples may be seen in 'The Archaeology of Taunton (Leach 1984, pp.145-150), particularly no's: 7, 29 and 32, all attributed a date of c.1700. A milled ring decorates the top of the bowl - a design seen on many pipes of this date. The stem is missing. The base is flat, with an imprinted maker's mark baring the words WIL-/PITCH/ER. Length: 43.55mm, Width: 20.69mm, Thickness of bowl: 3.38mmWeight: 10.81g
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