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Description: | Two fragments of clay tobacco pipe dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD1650 -1700. One fragment is a section of pipe stem which has broken away at the bowl; the other fragment is a complete bowl, with a segment having been carefully reattached at the base. The bowl is undecorated except for a single row of small, rectangular recesses immediately beneath the rim. These have been stamped on in three movements. The heel has also been stamped with a double circular border containing a backwards letter L or possibly a partially obliterated letter D. The fragment of stem is 20.1mm long and 10.3mm in diameter, with a bore of 2.84mm. The bowl is 34.2mm long and 22.4mm in diameter. It has an internal diameter of 13.4mm and a bore of 2.94mm. The fragments weigh 2.84 and 10.09gm respectively. The bowl can be compared to number 5 and 6 on page 8 of Ayto (2002) suggesting a late 17th century date.
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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