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Description: | The complete bowl of a Post-Medieval to Modern clay tobacco pipe. The stem of the pipe is missing having been broken off close to the bowl. The stem was oval in cross-section where it has broken off with a maximum height of 8.76mm and width of 7.19mm. The inner hole of the pipe stem had a diameter of 2.20mm at the point where the stem has broken off. The pipe bowl is quite large indicating a more recent date. The bowl had a height of 36.91mm and below the bowl are the remains of a heal or spur which is oval in cross-section. The pipe has been crudely moulded and this makes it uncertain as to whether the projection on the base of the bowl is a badly moulded heal or the broken off remains of a spur. This oval protusion has a maximum diameter of 5.17mm and projects 5.52mm down from the base of the bowl. The bowl is oval in shape when looked at from above with the outer dimensions of 23.95mm by 18.08mm and inner dimensions of 17.70 by 14.87mm, giving a wall thickness by the pipe rim of between 3.21mm and 6.25mm. Both of the moulded edges of the bowl are decorated with a foliate design along both sides of the join. On both sides of the bowl on the central pannel are crossed branches of foliage with a symbol between. On one side of the bowl is a hand with the fingers pointing upwards. Above the symbol are five crudely moulded letters which are likely to read 'SMITH' although the 'S' is difficult to make out. The other side has a heart between the branches with what appears to be possibly four letters above, which might read 'LOVE'. The lettering on this side is extremely unclear but the word 'LOVE' would fit with the heart symbol below. This pipe dates from c.1730 to c.1840.
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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