1884.101.64

Collection type

Object

Description

Ceramic tobacco pipe

Long description

White ceramic tobacco pipe with broken bowl rim. Formerly glued to wooden mount but has now become unattached, one of four pipes on mount, 2 remain attached and 2 have become unattached. Glue remains attached to the pipe. [CC [Excav. PR] 19/09/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: 1700-1800

Date collected

By 1874?

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Clay, Process Moulded

Dimensions

Thick: max 21 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 112 mm, Weight 23 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.101.64 PR Cat other PR nos: 3101

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers excavated at London Wall in October - December 1866 this object may have been collected then [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998] It is not clear that this was collected during the 1866 London Wall excavations [AP 18/08/2008]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Search terms: Narcotic, Pottery, Pipe, Tobacco Accessory