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Description: | Fragment of a post medieval (later 17th century) clay tobacco pipe bowl. The bowl is incomplete being broken along one edge. From the profile surviving it is most likely that this bowl fits with a later 17th century date (1660-1720 AD) as it has an (incomplete) elongated bowl, relatively small flat oval heel, and wide bore. The pipe shows signs of burnishing (straight, smoothing strokes) . This is a typical finishing technique on early pipes. The small circular foot is broken and so makers' mark if present is lost.The pipe fragment measures 27.8mm high, 18.7mm wide across the bowl , the heel diameter is 10.2mm, it weighs 5.47 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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