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Description: | A clay pipe stem with an incuse maker's mark. The maker's mark is incomplete with the lower part of the letters in the second line broken off and comprises RICH/HOW. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm).Date: Post-medieval - c. 1700Dimensions: 34.5 mmWeight: 4 gParallels are recorded in Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215, page 213, b, no. 1 as spur type pipes of the 18th century manufactured by Richard Howell , probably of Shaftesbury whose mark is RICH/HOW/ELL
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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