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Description: | Incomplete clay pipe. Only the bowl survives. This has a flat base (or heel), but with no visible makers marks. There are slight traces of a plain ring around the top of the bowl. The top of the bowl sits parallel to the stem. Although this is usually characteristic of 18th century pipes (Ayto 2002, p.6), Ayto (ibid. p.5&8) illustrates so-called 'west country' pipes, which appear to have adopted this characteristic slightly earlier, in the later 17th century. This pipe, with its flared heel and rounded shape, seems to be one of this group and appears to therefore date to around 1660-80 (ibid.).Length: 36.15mm, Diameter: 19.30mm, Thickness: 4.25mm, Weight: 10.2g
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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