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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: WREX-DD1D21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Clay tobacco pipe of c1660-1680. Broseley style Type 2A bowl (Higgins 1987) with relief stamped maker's mark reading DB. The bowl is very battered and abraded from having been in the plough soil, so it is not possible to say if had been burnished originally, although it is mostly likely it would have been. Traces of milling survive around the rim. The stem bore measures 8/64" inch.
Height: 41.22mm; width: 18.97mm; thickness: 17.50mm; weight: 9.8g
Reference: Higgins D A, 1987, The Interpretation and Regional Study of Clay Tobacco Pipes: A Case Study of the Broseley District, doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Liverpool, 628pp.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 41.22 mm
Width: 18.97 mm
Thickness: 17.5 mm
Weight: 9.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th April 2017 - Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llanyblodwel (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ2524
Four figure Latitude: 52.80831207
Four figure longitude: -3.11406781
1:25K map: SJ2524
1:10K map: SJ22SE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins, D.A. | 1987 | The interpretation and Regional Study of Clay Tobacco Pipes. A Case Study of the Broseley District. | Liverpool University | Unpublished. PhD |
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