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Description: | PipeclayTobacco pipes. Circa thirty bowl fragments, as sorted by the finder. These include tobacco leaf motif decoration rising up the bowls: examples of vertical fluting on bowls; fishscale patterning; and an armorial shield with three lions. There is one fragment of a red-brown painted pipe. The lower sections of bowl may include some earlier pieces, but at least the more diagnostic upper bowl material is typical of the period 1820-1840. Where wire drawn bores are present, these are usually of circa 2mm diameter. Suggested date: Modern, 1820-1840.Weight: 49.68gms.
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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