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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: WREX-0804AA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Clay tobacco pipe in the form of a hand holding a goblet c. 1850-1910. Although this was a popular design made in both Britain and the Continent, the style and finish of this example suggests that it is a British piece.
Height: 40.3mm; width: 21.6mm; thickness: 20.3mm; stem bore: 4/64"; weight: 10.5g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 40.3 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 20.3 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th June 2018 - Friday 14th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 140918/3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
District: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Bromborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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