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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: SOM-B38C65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small fragment of a post medieval clay tobacco pipe, probably dating to the period c. AD 1680 to 1730. Only the heel and a very small part of the bowl survives. The heel is flat and oval shaped, and it is still possible to identify that the heel projects very slightly from the base of the bowl. The base of the heel is stamped with the inscription [C]HAR / WEBB / IN / CHARD.
One side of the projecting heel also has a raised letter C. The pipe fragment is a pale beige on the outside, white within, no part of the original inner surface remains. The pipe fragment is c.12.4mm long, c.9.3mm wide, 10.9mm tall and weighs 0.84 grams.
David Atkinson illustrates a similar makers mark for Charles Webb and suggests a date of AD 1703-13 for this maker "but probably earlier also". (http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/Clay/Atkinson/LIVNP_2012_06_218.pdf). It is slightly unusual to see a marking on the base of the heel combined with one on the side but this has previously been documented for Charles and for his brother George Webb (SOM-7390FC and SOM-6FFC26)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1713
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.4 mm
Width: 9.3 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 0.84 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 018619
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Somerton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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