Record ID: SWYOR-760397 - POST MEDIEVAL tobacco pipe

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Tobacco pipe

Unique ID: SWYOR-760397

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post medieval ceramic pipe

A clay pipe dating to the post Medieval period. The pipe has good amount of the shaft still attached to the bowl. The bowl has convex and bulbous sides, thinning towards the open end, where there is a rough incision around the opening. Beneath the transition from shaft to bowl, there is a small knop, squared off at the base. The pipe is creamy white in colour and measures 109.3mm x 28.45mm x 10.5mm, weighing 22.03g. This type of clay pipe is dated to the 16th- early 17th century. For a similar example see Bailey’s ‘Detector finds 3’, p.51.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Length: 109.3 mm
Width: 28.45 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 22.03 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pipe Clay [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Sheffield
Parish: Bradfield

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK2787
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th August 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Stuart Ward - [view all attributed records]

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