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Description: | An incomplete early post medieval ceramic tobacco pipe dating AD1580-1610. This tobacco pipe has a small, rounded bowl, which has an internal diameter of 9.29mm. The bowl is set at an oblique angle to the stem and there is a rouletted design running around the rim. There is a flat, circular heel at the junction between the bowl and the stem with a maker's mark in the centre. The maker's mark appears to be a shell with a pellet to each side of the base. The base of the shell is stylistically very similar to the base of a fleur-de-lys. The bowl is burnished. This tobacco pipe is broken across the stem and the end of the stem with the mouth piece is broken and missing. There is also a small piece from the rim of the bowl missing. The dating of the pipe is based on the dating chart in Atkinson & Oswald (1969) type 2.The maker's mark is not listed on the Museum of London website http://archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/claypipes/pages/marks.asp.Dimensions: length: 47.19mm; external diameter: 15.05mm; weight: 5.93g.Reference: Atkinson, D. and Oswald, A. 1969. London Clay Tobacco Pipes. In J Archaeol Assoc, 3rd Series, Vol 32.
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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