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Description: | The bowl of a post medieval (later 17th century) clay tobacco pipe. The bowl is complete being broken at the junction with the stem. From the profile surviving it is most likely that this bowl fits within Atkinson Brosley typology as Type 1B which has a relatively short bulbous bowl a small relatively flat circular heel, and wide bore. This type is dated broadly to the period 1650-1660. The pipe shows signs of burnishing and (straight, smoothing strokes) bottering (smoothing of the bowl rim). These are all typical finishing techniques on early pipes. The small circular foot is marked with a multi spoked wheel commonly seen on pipes from the Shropshire / North Herefordshire border.The pipe measures 39.9mm length, bowl diameter 22.4mm, heel 8.8mm diameter, weight 11.56 grams | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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