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Description: | An incomplete moulded clay tobacco pipe, of Post Medieval date (17th century). It has been moulded from a white pipeclay.The pipe fragment consists of a complete bowl, foot and start of the stem. No maker's marks are present on the foot, bowl or stem. A line of rouletting is present close to the rim of the bowl. The bowl is similar to an example on page 5 of Ayto's "Clay Tobacco Pipes" (2002) which suggests a date of 1660 - 1680. This is broadly similar to another pipe on the datbase, WMID-B54FB7 which is classified as an Oswald type 6 (Oswald, 1975, 37), which typically dates from about AD 1640 to c. AD 1660.The clay pipe measures 29.6mm high, with a maximum diameter 18.3 mm. It has a surviving length of 44.2 mm. The wall of the clay pipe bowl is 3.3 mm thick. The internal diameter of the bore through the stem measures 2.6 mm and the external diameter of the stem is 9.6mm. It weighs 9.55 grams.
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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