Record ID: DOR-469684
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of clay tobacco pipe.The base of the bowl, flat heel and part of the stem only. The stem has a large, off-centre hole. The flat heel has a faint maker's stamp of a dotted circular band around some initials (possibly NC). Date: Post-medieval - mid 17th century to early 18th century Weight: 4.18 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-975777
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl. A "Dorset-Somerset" type bowl which is gently curved and outward leaning. It is narrow waisted and slightly bulbous at the top. It is milled around the rim of the bowl. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RIC/HARD/[B]VT. No direct parallel for this was found in the published types for Dorset, but there was a 17th century maker called George Butt and Richard could be a maker of the same family. Date: Post-medieval - c1640 - 1670 Dimensions: Bowl diameter - 12.72 mm Height - 23.63 mm Weight: 7.42 Reference: Atkins…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-980B80
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl. A "Dorset-Somerset" type bowl which is gently curved and outward leaning. It is narrow waisted and slightly bulbous at the top. It is milled around the rim of the bowl. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RB. This possible a mark for Richard Butt as there is a more detailed mark for this maker on another pipe found at the same location (DOR-975777). No direct parallel for this was found in the published types for Dorset, but there was a 17th century maker called George Butt (whose mark was often GB) and Richard …
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-21D9A4
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clay pipe bowl. A "Dorset-Somerset" type bowl with a curved, outward leaning, narrow-waisted, slightly bulbous bowl. There is no remnant of the stem. The small, flat heel has a maker's stamp of the initials NC with a trefoil above and a quatrefoil below, all inside a pellet border. Similar to example No. 1 illustrated in Atkinson, D R, 1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes Found in Shaftesbury" DNHAS Proceedings Vol. 91 Pages. 206 -215. Date: Post-Medieval - c. 1650 - 1670 Dimensions: 28.21 mm x 18.59 mm x 3.04 mm Weight: 7.5 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0AB4FE
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay tobacco pipe. The bowl only of a "Jonas" or "Walter Raleigh" type from the Netherlands. The bowl is decorated with a rearward facing human face with one annulet eye and one oval, eyebrows, large ears, a wide, drooping nose and upturned moustache. The rear of the bowl is decorated with short curving lines to indicate hair. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1630 - 1650 Dimensions: 32.11 mm x 20.03 mm x 5.36 mm Weight: 8.13 g
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-898848
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: 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 fo…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-27B8F7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl and stem with an incuse mark on the flat heel. The mark is an eight pointed star. The form of the bowl is a "Dorset and Somerset" type with a bulbous upper part to the bowl and a milled rim. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c. 1600 - 1650 Dimensions: 26.5 mm Weight: 8.5 g Parallels are recorded in Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215, page 210, fig. 2, nos. 6 & 7 as dating to the early 17th century
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-27C5CF
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete of clay tobacco pipe. One with a stem and a plain, flat heel. The form of the bowl is a "Dorset and Somerset" type with a bulbous upper part to the bowl and a milled rim. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c. 1600 - 1650 Dimensions: 26.5 mm Weight: 10 g
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-E7E98E
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
In incomplete clay pipe. A clay pipe bowl with a flat heel. The rim is knurled. A Bristol and Wiltshire type. The incuse mark on the heel is JEF/FRY.H/VNT in three lines. Jeffrey Hunt is a maker admitted to the freedom of Bristol in 1651(Watkins E 1966 "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Dorset", DNHAS Proc Vol. 88, 228, No. 9 Date: Post Medieval - c.1640 - 1660 Dimensions: 30.69 mm x 14.77 mm Weight: 5.80 g
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0A9B56
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl. A Bristol and Wiltshire" type bowl which is gently curved and outward leaning. It is narrow waisted and slightly bulbous at the top, the line of which is parallel with the stem. It is milled around the rim of the bowl. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RIC/HARD/BVT. The stem has a wide bore (3.5 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c1640 - 1670 Dimensions: Bowl diameter -17 mm Height - 26 mm Weight:6.5 g No direct parallel for this was found in the published types for Dorset, but there was a 17th century maker calle…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0AADB1
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl. A Bristol and Wiltshire" type bowl which is gently curved and outward leaning. It is narrow waisted and slightly bulbous at the top, the line of which is parallel with the stem. It is milled around the rim of the bowl. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RIC/HARD/BVT. The stem has a wide bore (
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0ACB76
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe stem and heel. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RIC/[H]ARD/[B]VT. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c. 1640 - 1670 Dimensions: 49.04 mm Weight:6 g No direct parallel for this was found in the published types for Dorset, but there was a 17th century maker called George Butt and Richard could be a maker of the same family. Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0B71C7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe stem with an incuse maker's mark. The maker's mark is incomplete with the lower part of the letters in the second line broken off and comprises RICH/HOW. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c. 1700 Dimensions: 34.5 mm Weight: 4 g Parallels are recorded in Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215, page 213, b, no. 1 as spur type pipes of the 18th century manufactured by Richard Howell , probably of Shaftesbury whose mark is RICH/HOW/ELL
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-0B9915
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe bowl and stem with an incuse mark on the flat heel. The mark is an eight pointed star. The form of the bowl is a "Dorset and Somerset" type with a bulbous upper part to the bowl and a milled rim. The stem has a wide bore (3 mm). Date: Post-medieval - c. 1600 - 1650 Dimensions: 26.5 mm Weight: 7 g Parallels are recorded in Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215, page 210, fig. 2, nos. 6 & 7 as dating to the early 17th century
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-828675
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three incomplete clay tobacco pipes. All are the "Dorset-Somerset" type with outward leaning bowl and small , flat heel. 1] NC mark in relief on the flat heel. Dimensions: 73 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm Weight: 14g c. 1650 - 1670 Reference: Atkinson, D R 1970, "Clay Tobacco Pipes Found in Shaftesbury", Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. 91, page, 209, figure 1, no. 1 2] H mark on the flat heel. Dimensions: 83 mm x 22 mm x 14 mm Weight: 10.5g c. 1660 - 1680 Reference: ibid, page, 209 - 10, figure 2, no. 9 3] Indistinct circular mark on the flat he…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-7F5781
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of clay tobacco pipe. A part of the bowl, the heel and the stub of a stem only survive. A "Dorset-Somerset" type with a large, round heel. The stem is oval in cross section and the stem bore is large. On the heel is a relief maker's mark inside an incuse heart-shaped frame. The mark is of the initials TM. Date: Post Medieval - 17th century - c. 1650 - 1680 Dimensions: 23.5 mm x 31.5mm x 17 mm Weight: 6 g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-5E9C2C
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay pipe. The bowl and stub of the stem only. A clay pipe bowl. A "Bristol and Wiltshire" type bowl which is outward leaning and bellied at the front. It is narrow waisted and bulbous at the top which is parallel to the stem. It is milled around the rim of the bowl. The heel is flat and sub-circular with a stamped maker's mark comprising the incuse letters RB. The stem has a large bore. Date: Post-Medieval - c. 1640 - 1670 Dimensions. 27.7 mm x 32.8 mm Weight: 6.42 g A similar object is recorded in database record DOR-980B80 where it is speculated that : This is…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AAA3E9
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval clay tobacco pipe, dating to AD 1660 - 1690. The stem is missing. The front of the bowl is black and the remainder is an off white colour. The rim of the bowl is decorated with rouletting. The heel of the bowl is stamped with a raised 'H', a similar example is recorded from Blandford in Watkins (1966) p 227 fig 11 no 2. Reference: Watkins (1966) Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Dorset in DNHAS Proceedings Vol 88, p 227 fig 11 no 2. Length: 37.92 mm Diameter: 19.51 mm Thickness: 2.45 mm Weight: 10.58
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: DOR-AB1A39
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval clay pipe, dating to AD 1670 - 1710. Most of the bowl and stem are missing. The stem is oval shaped and has a circular hole in its centre. The stem flares out into the bowl, most of which is missing. The heel of the pipe is stamped with a heart, inside are the raised initals of IM, which possibly can be attributed to John Mandifield, a maker in Sherbourne. Watkins (1966) Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Dorset, p 227 fig 11 no 4. Length: 35.83 mm Width: 17.43 mm Weight: 5.69 g
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: WILT-F3ED79
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl of a post medieval clay smoking pipe dating to c AD1660 - 1680.The bowl has broken off at an early date at the junction with the stem but was at an angle of c45 degrees to the stem. The bowl is cream/white in colour and there is no decoration.  It tapers a little towards the mouth where the rim is missing to an early break.  At the foot is the spur, damaged when the stem broke away, but enough remaining to measure the diameter. There is a small hole on the inside of the bowl (facing the smoker). It is uncertain whether or not this r…
Created on: Monday 13th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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