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Pipe tamper | DUR-A9A825 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| Cast copper alloy probable Post Medieval pipe tamper. It is plain, consisting of a sub-square head (used to tamp down the tobacco) with a handle which has a sub-circular cross section. Below the head the handle widens to a bulbous section, before narrowing and towards the terminal almost bec... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SUR-711996 |
Modern | Surrey |
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| A 19th century tobacco pipe tamper in the form of a bird's, possibly chicken's, leg and foot. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | YORYM-46E987 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A complete cast lead pipe tamper of post-medieval date. The tamper is a simple dowel form tapering slightly towards the middle. One end terminates in a small handle like protrusion at right angles to the stem itself. The metal is a mid brownish-white colour and is worn. The tamper is 38.1mm long,... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | ESS-0CA833 |
Post medieval | Essex |
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| Post Medieval cast copper alloy pipe taper in the form of a human figure. It has a flat circular base that would have been used to flatten tobacco in a pipe. The figure has a small oval head with cast details of the eyes and nose; it is cast wearing a domed helmet with no hair visible. The fig... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | WAW-65B8D7 |
Post medieval | Warwickshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy pipe tamper, of Post Medieval dating (17th Century AD). The pipe tamper consists of a pedestal style, with a flat oval base. The tamper consists of the stem and tamping end. The stem is similar in style to a 'Fluted baluster' style spoon knop of 17th Century dati... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | IOW-9318E7 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A cast copper-alloy tobacco pipe tamper incorporating a seal finger-ring. The finger ring has a flat oval bezel bearing a fleur-de-lis device within a beaded ellipse. The plain shoulders taper in width to the base of the loop. Attached to the base of the hoop, a flat element is hexagonal in pla... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | NLM-C41834 |
Post medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| Copper alloy Pipe Tamper. Cast rod with baluster moulding along its handle and a flat discoid end. The narrower end of handle is bent, though not so markedly as to suggest the former presence of a loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Height: 40.1mm, Diameter: 12.6mm, Weight: 6.... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | LVPL-1AA505 |
Post medieval | Cheshire |
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| Cast copper alloy pipe tamper dating from the Post-Medieval to the Modern period, (1650-1800). The object consists of a circular sectioned shaft with a hammer head terminal. The hammer head is worn at each end. The shaft expands outwards towards the base and is decorated with three transverse rid... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | LVPL-9F2487 |
Post medieval | Cheshire |
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| Cast lead alloy possible pipe tamper dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is in the form of a foot and lower leg. It is undecorated and has a dark grey patina. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | YORYM-C13371 |
Post medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| A cast copper alloy pipe tamper. It is in the shape of a clenched fist and standing on a single collared terminal. The fist is holding a short rod. The patina is a dark brownish-green colour, and is slightly worn. The object is 47.7mm long, 30.1mm wide, 12.9mm thick and weighs 33.4g. It dates fro... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SUR-94B6F7 |
Post medieval | Hampshire |
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| A novelty tobacco pipe tamper, probably of 19th century date. The tamper takes the form of a veiled female standing with her arms at her sides. Her legs are clasped by a winged phallus. On the back of the figure the buttocks are clearly visible. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | ESS-82ECE5 |
Post medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| Incomplete cast copper alloy post medieval pipe tamper in the shape of a woman lifting her skirts. The tamper part is missing, the break is abraded, and only the decorative handle remains. The female figure is rather crude or stylised and is wearing a dress and has her hair tied up in a bun or be... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SWYOR-6CB5E6 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A cast, copper alloy pipe tamper in the shape of a sleeve with a cuff, from which projects a human wrist and hand grasping a stick or scroll. One end of the scroll has broken away and is missing; the remaining end tapers slightly away from the hand. The artefact has a light green patina. It is 50... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SUR-6D8C71 |
Post medieval | Surrey |
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| A fragment of a tobacco pipe tamper. Only the shaft survives. The head or handle may have been in the form of an oval plate showing an image of Charles I. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | IOW-87EEB2 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A cast metal object, possibly a tobacco-pipe tamper of probable post-Medieval date (c. 1600-c. 1800). A similar moulded design on each face of the handle depicts the west front of a cathedral with a pointed spire and flying buttresses at each side. Below the cathedral, on each face, there is a ... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | LIN-C6C245 |
Post medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| A copper-alloy pipe tamper, probably 17th or 18th century in date. The tamper has a flat oval head with a reeled shaft. The terminal is solid, conical and has a flat base. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SWYOR-4BBAD6 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy pipe tamper incorporating a signet ring which could have been used as a seal matrix and dating from the 17th century. It is 41.4mm long, 20.3mm wide and 12.6mm thick. It weighs 5.79gm. The finger ring element has a flat oval bezel with a crowned heart pierced by two crossed arrows ... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | YORYM-FAC1C3 |
Post medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy tobacco pipe tamper of probable seventeenth or eighteenth century date (circa AD 1600 - circa AD 1800). Length: 38.9mm; width: 39.5mm and 6.4mm thick. Weight: 17.1g.The head of the tamper is in the form of a stylised bird. The bird is standing upright and has indis... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | HAMP-7DDDA8 |
Post medieval | Hampshire |
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| A small, corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy artefact in the form of the head of a claw hammer. The object consists of a central sub-rectangular block with a flaring, bifurcated claw emerging from one end and an oval sectioned, expanding head from the other. Both of the claw's prongs are tr... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | WAW-416CA5 |
Post medieval | Worcestershire |
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| A copper-alloy signet seal ring combined with a pipe tamper. The finger ring element has a flat oval bezel with a harp as the device decorating it. The hoop is semi-circular in section and the apex ofthe reverse of the hoop has the piper tamper protruding. The pipe tamper is integral to the hoop... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | WILT-A9DF01 |
Post medieval | Wiltshire |
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| An incomplete Post Medieval (1650-1800) cast copper alloy pipe tamper in the form of St George standing upon a dragon, which he is slaying with a spear. St George is missing above his knees, as is the spear which would have entered the dragon's mouth (the head is turned back on itself and the mou... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | PUBLIC-2C41C6 |
Post medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| A solid cast brass pipe tamper in the shape of a leg, measuring 75mm in length. It is in the form of a ladies leg and including the foot which appears to show a shoe. The top of the leg at it's widest part (which is egg shaped) measures 10 mm. There is in other visible sign of any pattern or any... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SUR-4528F7 |
Post medieval | Surrey |
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| A cast copper alloy possible pipe tamper in the form of a hammer head . There is a rectangular hole for a separate shaft, possibly filled with iron. One side of the claw is missing. | |||||
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Pipe tamper | WAW-0A4092 |
Post medieval | Worcestershire |
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| A cast copper alloy pipe tamper. The upper terminal of the pipe tamper is circular in plan and flat in profile. Integral to the lower edge of the circular disc is a moulded, circular sectioned stem. The diameter of the terminal which tamps the tobacco is 7.12mm. The condition of the metalwork is... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | LVPL-01FD75 |
Post medieval | Cheshire |
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| Near complete copper alloy pipe tamper of Post-Medieval date, c.1600-1700. The tamper consists of a headed shaft of which the one end has broken away. The tamping end (head) is flat and circular in shape. This then tapers inwards towards a double rounded moulding which gives the appearance of a â... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | NLM-EDEF50 |
Modern | Lincolnshire |
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| Copper alloy Pipe Tamper (finder’s identification). Cast object with round flat baluster-moulded end, and a spiked shank for engagement with a handle of different material (now lost). Substantial patina, though now much of this is lost due to abrasion. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length:... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | HESH-4BA792 |
Post medieval | Shropshire |
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| Cast copper alloy pipe tamper of post medieval (early Modern) date (probably 1800-1900). The tamper is in the form of a naked Venus (female nude) standing in a classical pose with one hand on hip, the other raised above the face and resting on the forehead. The details on the head are poor but th... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | SOM-FDF224 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Complete copper alloy Post-Medieval pipe tamper. The tamper consists of a flat oval section with a stem extending from one end. The stem is decorated with three circumferential bands and flares outwards slightly towards its tip, culminating in a flat surface for compressing tobacco within a pipe.... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | YORYM-439E42 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy pipe tamper of post-medieval to early modern date. The tamper is in the shape of a clenched fist and stands on a double collared terminal. There is a wide hole present through the centre of the fist suggesting that it may once have held a further feature such as a ... | |||||
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Pipe tamper | KENT-245721 |
Post medieval | Kent |
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| Copper alloy pipe tamper in the form of a leg. | |||||

