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Description: | A broken Post Medieval clay pipe bowl. The bowl has fractured where it meets the stem of the pipe. On the underside of the bowl the small spur of the pipe remains in tact. The bowl is 38.6mm long, circular in cross section and is made in a bulbous shape that expands to a maximum diameter of 18.7mm at its centre and narrows back down to 13.7mm at the rim. The pipe faces forward from the stem at an approximate angle of 135 degrees. The circular hole from the stem into the base of the bowl is significantly off-centre. Pipes with these diagnostic features are early in the typology of clay pipes and would generally date from the mid 17th century. Similar examples are shown in Bailey; Detector Finds 3 (1997) p48-51.
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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