Record ID: OXON-86B02B
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 26.6mm in length, with a diameter of 7.7mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.7mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 1.98 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-86AA63
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 43.7mm in length, with a diameter of 8.5mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.7mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 3.38 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DC6756
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tobacco pipe, dating from the second half of the 19th century AD, moulded into the form of a Turk's head, with drooping moustache and a cylindrical Ottoman style hat. The neck is sharply angled to emerge from moulded leaves and a rounded collar at the socket (19.2mm diameter) connecting to a separate stem, which has been lost. The bowl is incomplete but was around 29mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4A7CFE
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bowl from a moulded clay tobacco pipe, of later 17th century date. The bowl has convex sides, a bottered rim, 11.2mm in internal diameter and is undecorated. There is a large flat heel carrying the maker's mark of WO within a heart shaped escutcheon with three small stars, two above and one below the letters (second image). This mark is associated with William Oram of Winchester, c. 1680.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C619D
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay tobacco pipe of post-medieval date, from around AD 1750 - 1900. It comprises most of the bowl of the pipe, with a small section of the rim missing.There is a spur, but the stem is missing. It is made from clay that has discoloured to tan in places, perhaps from an iron rich soil. There are few visible inclusions, so it is probably imported ball clay. The rim is cut. The stem bore diameter is 5/64". There is a moulded spur mark of "O / O". There is no visible bowl cross. The bowl has moulded decoration of a lion holding flowers and an ind…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-C50DA0
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 47.63mm in length, with a diameter of 9.11mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.8mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 4.69 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-6DC85E
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 24.8mm in length, with a diameter of 5.4mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.6mm (40/64). It weighs 0.97 grams. This narrow bore suggests a late late eighteenth to 19th century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6DC3EB
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 28.8mm in length, with a diameter of 5.8mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.6mm (40/64). It weighs 1.40 grams. This narrowbore suggests a late late eighteenth to 19th century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6D2EF6
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 49.7mm in length, with a diameter of 10.3mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 2.6mm (65/64). It weighs 6.57 grams. This wide bore suggests a late seventeenth to late eighteenth century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-22BBDC
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval clay pipe spur and stem dating from about AD 1700 - 1900. It is made of white ball clay imported from the Devon or Cornwall. There are smooth facets on the stem where it has been burnished. The stem bore is 5/64". The spur is marked with a letter "O" in moulded relief on both sides. Measurements are; length 21.2mm, width 15.1mm, thickness 8.1mm and weight 2.0g.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-22A854
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval clay pipe stem dating from about AD 1700 - 1900. It is made from white imported ball clay and is burnished. The stem bore measurement is 4/64". Measurements are; length 31.4mm, diameter 5.7mm and weight 1.25g.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-DF7EF2
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval clay pipe (smoking) dating to the late19th century (c.AD 1850-1910). The object consists of an incomplete bowl and the beginnings of the stem. The bowl is oval and curves upwards, it is not made with a heel and presents no decoration. The stem protrudes from the base and terminates in a worn break. Dimensions: Length 49.4mm; bowl diameter 19.7mm; stem diameter 6.9mm; weight 6.12g The form of the bowl fits within Atkinson and Oswald (1969) type 30 which is dated to 1850-1910.
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-DF6F93
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval clay pipe (smoking) dating to the early 19th century (c.AD 1820-60). The object consists of an incomplete bowl and the beginnings of the stem. The bowl is oval and curves upwards, it presents decoration along the mould seam in the form of repeating leaves on each side. At the base of the bowl is narrow heel and the stem protrudes from the base and terminates in a worn break. Dimensions: Length 35.8mm; bowl diameter 16mm; weight 3.57g The form of the bowl fits within Atkinson and Oswald (1969) type 28 which is dated to 1820-60.
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: BH-DEBDC1
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay smoking pipe dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1600-1900). Description: the object comprises part of the cylindrical stem with a circular perforation and rear part of the bowl.  The pipe is decorated with a moulded hunting scene: at the rear of the bowl the trunk of a tree with two curved branches expands up the side from the stem.  To the left of the tree is male figure aiming a gun (musket or shot gun-like) to the right of the tree at an animal on the ground.  Only part of the animal is visible but…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: SF-383DD9
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic Post Medieval clay pipe stem dating to circa AD 1700-1900. Cylindrical and hollowed, it terminates in old breaks at either end. The bore diameter is 2.6mm.  It has a hard, cream fabric that has been burnished. 
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC7F3D
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of six curved clay pipe stem fragments of early 19th century date, probably of a long-stemmed "churchwarden" type. The stem diameters vary from 8.1mm to 4.4mm and all have off-centre stem bores of between 1.5mm and 2mm diameter. There are no visible marks or decoration.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC67E4
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two clay pipes of 18th century date, with flared bowls with cut rims 21.2mm in width and 44.9mm in height from spur to rim. The bowls are decorated with vertical ribs alternating with rows of pellets which also curve up and over the ends of the ribs around the rim. The heels have small spurs with maker's initials MB on the sides suggesting an attribution to Moses Baker, who took his freedom in 1762 and died in 1794 (Higgins 1981, 239).  The stem on the surviving example is around 6.6mm in diameter with a small off centre stem bore around 1.8mm in diameter.&…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC4F5F
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe of early 19th century form, 37.6mm in height and with a cut rim 18.3mm in width. The bowl has no decoration aside from leaf designs on both seams from rim to heel. The stem is around 7mm in diameter with a small off centre stem bore around 1.5mm in diameter. The heels have small spurs with serrated circles on both sides. This was a common symbol mark used by many different manufacturers and has been found with a number of others amongst kiln waste that can be attributed to William Swinyard of Guildford and probably represents one of h…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC3AB6
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe of early 19th century form, 41.8mm in height from spur to rim. The bowl is undecorated, and flares to a rim with a cut finish which is 19.6mm in width. The spur, which juts forward slightly, has maker's initials SL on the sides. The stem is around 7mm in diameter. The only other pipe recorded from Surrey with the initials SL has leaf decorated seams but was also found in Guildford (Higgins 1981, 231). 
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC2029
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 4 clay pipes of the same design, from the same location and probably manufactured at the site. The bowls flare to rims with a cut finish with a maximum width around 18.6mm. The bowls have no decoration aside from leaf designs on both seams of the bowls from rim to heel. The stems are around 7mm in diameter with a small off centre stem bore around 1.3mm in diameter. The heels have small spurs with maker's initials WS on the sides suggesting an attribution to William Swinyard of Guildford, Surrey (1790-1864) who moved to the area in about 1815…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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