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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: SOM-1721B1
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Clay tobacco pipe, dating to the mid 17th century, c.1640-1660 (Ayto 2002, p.8). The bowl is fairly small with convex sides but slightly longer and thinner in form than those seen on the earliest pipes. A milled ring decorates the top of the bowl - a design seen on many pipes of this date. The stem is missing. The base is flat, with an imprinted maker's mark. This is worn and chipped in places, so difficult to decipher but appears to be stamped possibly with the letter incuse W or I or raised ES.
Length: 34.0mm, Width: 18.6mm, Thickness of bowl: 2.4mm Weight: 8.35gms (including soil inside.)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1640
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 18.6 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 8.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Saturday 31st May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16613
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayto, E.G. | 1994 | Clay Tobacco Pipes | Princes Risborough | Shire Publications Ltd |
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