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Description: | Stem fragment from an early Modern clay smoking pipe. A small part of the bowl survives at one end whilst the stem has suffered an old lateral break part way along the length. The stem now measures 57.1mm in length, 13.5mm in width at the bowl fragment end and 7.25mm in diameter at the break. The inner diameter measures c. 1.7mm and the fragment weighs 4.28g. The fragment is decorated with a moulded design featuring repeating comb motifs towards the bowl separated from the stem design by three circumferential lines. The stem bears two lateral panels bearing text; one reads CRITCHFIEL[D...] (when read from bowl to end) and the other reads [...]ST. RID . BERMO (when read from end to bowl). Between these panels are worn motifs of diagonal lines interspersed with pellets.The Critchfield's were a known London-based pipe maker family, working in the areas of Bermondsey, Bethnal Green and Westminster in the early 1800's. A similar, more complete pipe, can be found in the Museum of London found at Chaucer House, Southwark.
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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