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Description: | A cast copper-alloy tobacco pipe tamper incorporating a seal finger-ring. The finger ring has a flat oval bezel bearing a fleur-de-lis device within a beaded ellipse. The plain shoulders taper in width to the base of the loop. Attached to the base of the hoop, a flat element is hexagonal in plan. Two collars divide this hexagonal element from the tamper itself. This latter feature is also hexagonal in cross-section and flares from the collars to the flat expanded circular base. This tamper has a mid-green patina which has been lost in places due to corrosion. 49.4 x 20.9 x 13.8mm. Weight: 10.30g. The two artefacts; finger ring and pipe tamper, were often combined in the 17th century.
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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