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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: LANCUM-250DE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Irish Themed Clay pipe with three leaf clover and harp with Maid of Erin, stem broken, probably dates from ca. 19th - early 20th century.
The bowl and part of the stem from a clay tobacco pipe that is decorated with a hatched shamrock leaf on the left hand side of the bowl and an Irish harp on the right. These symbols were often paired on pipes and reflect the rise of patriotic motifs during the nineteenth century. Pipes such as this would have been popular amongst the large numbers of Irish migrants who had come to England seeking work. The pipe itself would have been a spurless short-stemmed or 'cutty' pattern, most likely with a nipple mouthpiece. Designs like this were produced by many of the larger manufacturers between about 1860 and 1920, with a few examples being produced even later. It will not be possible to say which firm this particular example came from until either kiln waste or a more detailed distribution plot of examples has been recovered.
70mm length with 35mm x 23mm diameter bowl
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1860
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Weight: 15.3 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th June 2017 - Saturday 10th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1273
Materials and construction
Primary material: Other
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: West Tanfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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