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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: DOR-898848
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of three clay tobacco pipes fragments dating to the 17th century.
1] A clay pipe bowl with a flat heel. A Bristol and Wiltshire type dating to c. 1640 to 1670. The incuse mark on the heel is GEO/RGE/BVT in three lines. George Butt was a maker in Shaftesbury. See Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 210-211, figure 3 No. 16
2] A clay pipe bowl with a flat heel and an out-curved bowl, a Bristol and Wiltshire type dating to c.1680 to 1700. The incuse mark on the heel is the initial TS in a heart shaped frame. This is possibly for a Shaftesbury maker called Thomas Simes for whom a similar mark is seen on 18th century spur pipes pipes. See Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 213 - 214, figure 5 No. 4
3] A clay pipe bowl with a flat heel and an incised line below the rim. Bristol and Wiltshire type dating to c.1640 - 1670. The incuse mark on the heel is a quatrefoil with a raised pellet in each foil.
Total weight: 24.5 g
Notes:
Five other clay pipes were also found dating to the 18th and 19th centuries but these are too recent for recording on the PAS database.
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 1640
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 24.5 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019256
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Sturminster Newton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7813
Four figure Latitude: 50.9160388
Four figure longitude: -2.31432399
1:25K map: ST7813
1:10K map: ST71SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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