Museum number:

APM 1.230

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

line on stem and bowl

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slanke bekervorm ketel, zonder hiel en rechte afgeplatte steel met knoop. Ketel weerszijden verdikking of rug die op de steelaanzet eindigt. Steel bovenzijde intaglio "W. SOUTHORN & C, BROSELEY 24". Steeleind sporen van groen glazuur.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.5 in (3.8 cm)
Width0.87 in (2.2 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape miner
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, groen
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalShropshire
TownBroseley
MakerWilliam Southorn & Co.
Mark "W. SOUTHORN & C. BROSELEY 24" (intaglio, steel bovenzijde)
Acquisition
Year 1980
Provenance Brussel, antiekwinkel
Londen, antiekhandel, 1980
Excavation site Telford, 1977

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