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PIPE (SMOKING)

Unique ID: SOM-164518

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post medieval clay tobacco pipe dating to the period c AD1680 to 1720. Most of the bowl is missing but the heel is stamped with the makers mark: WILL/ PITCH/ER in three lines within a pellet circle. The stem is broken at an old break. The pipe measures 51.3mm in length, 14.7 in width and weighs 6.37g.

William Pitcher is listed as a maker from Beaminster in Dorset active c.1700 (Oswald 1975 p167).

David Atkinson has suggested Will Pitcher was a pipe maker at Merriott active between 1682 and 1729 (unpub manuscript on http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/Clay/Atkinson/LIVNP_2012_06_218.pdf). This later attribution seems more likely given the findspot.

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 1682
Date to: Circa AD 1729

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 51.31 mm
Width: 14.65 mm
Weight: 6.37 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 016990

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: South Petherton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST4316
Four figure Latitude: 50.94061046
Four figure longitude: -2.81263629
1:25K map: ST4316
1:10K map: ST41NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Oswald, A.	1975	Clay Pipes for the Archaeologist	Oxford	British Archaeological Reports	167

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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