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Description: | The broken bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem. The bowl is also broken, with large losses at the front and the back of the mouth. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is at an angle to the heel. The circular flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse initials R H in capital letters within an unclear border probably formed of small triangles. The bowl has a rouletted/milled row of indented squares just below the rim. The hole in the stem is off centre and measures c. 2.8mm in diameter.This maker's mark has not been traced in the local literature; the form of the bowl is consistent with a date of c. 1700.
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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