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Description: | Copper alloy and steel pipe tamper. Cylindrical copper alloy casing with a stepped rounded top, resembling a rifle bullet, possibly deliberately so in imitation of 'trench art'. There are two drilled holes in the rounded end to permit suspended wear or attachment to a fob. The casing encloses a set of two pipe cleaning implements plated in white metal: a narrow shovel to clear the bowl of a pipe and a tapered flat pointed tool to ream out the bore. Both tools are mounted on the sides of a stalk with pronged ends passing through a flat discoid plate and burred on its outer side. Ferrous corrosion is prominent around the [formerly] swivelling ends of the implements. Either the end of the casing or its base could serve as tampers. The casing is now torn with holes in its sides. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950.Length: 63.5mm, Diameter (at base): 12.1mm, Weight: 11.09gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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