Ceramic tobacco pipe with long sloping bowl and flat heel, long straight stem intact and decorated rim bowl. [SM (Verve) 22/2/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ceramic tobacco pipe with long sloping bowl and flat heel, long straight stem intact and decorated rim bowl. [SM (Verve) 22/2/2016]
Long description: Ceramic tobacco pipe with long sloping bowl and flat heel, long straight stem intact and decorated bowl rim. The rim is decorated with an impressed design. [SM (Verve) 22/2/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: 1700-1800
Date collected: 1875 Oct 28
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Clay, Process Moulded, Process Impressed
Dimensions: Thick: max 21 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 235 mm, Weight 113 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.101.66 PR Cat other PR nos: 28x75 PR Cat other PR nos: 3105
Research and responses: This pipe was studied by the Society for Clay Pipe Research on the 15th August 2025. They noted: Dating between 1660 - 1680. London type. Could have been acquired from William Bragge, contemporary of Pitt-Rivers. He had a large collection of pipes which he frequently loaned and exhibited including in South Kensington where Pitt-Rivers also exhibited his collection..