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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: DEV-EA26FF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval clay tobacco pipe dating to 1822 to 1853 with the heel and a small portion of the bowl and stem remaining. The bowl is curved away from the heel and the stem but breaks almost immediatey so the full form is unclear. It appears to be plain in the lower part. The heel is of the spur type common in bristol and the West Country and has a raised makers mark in the form of an R on each side.
There is 13mm of stem remaining and the walls of which are 3.8mm thick with a diameter of 9.6mm with a 1.95mm hole in the centre. The entire piece is 23.5mm long, 19.0mm wide and weighs 2.70gms.
The RR probably refers to the maker Robert Reynolds of Exeter dating the item to c. AD 1822 to 1853 (Oswold 1984, 287). It is similar to the no. CP 90 and CP 91 found in Exeter (ibid) although without the fluting on the bowl.
Inscription:
RR
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 1822
Date to: Circa AD 1835
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 19 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 20000
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: West Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Hatherleigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS5404
Four figure Latitude: 50.81709196
Four figure longitude: -4.07393334
1:25K map: SS5404
1:10K map: SS50SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswald, A. with contributions by Allen, J.P and Hunt, S. | 1984 | The Clay Pipes | Exeter | Exeter City Council |
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