Museum number:

APM 7.230b

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

churchwarden

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slurfvorm ketel, spoor en licht gebogen steel met glad afgesneden steeleind. Onversierd. Steel intaglio "SOUTHORN & CO, BROSELEY 8" en "MADE IN ENGLAND". Steeleind turkoois loodglazuur.

Date:

Period 1871 - 1908


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.01 in (5.1 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength20.67 in (52.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape trunk shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish loodglazuur, turkoois
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalShropshire
TownBroseley
MakerWilliam Southorn & Co.
Trade number 8
Mark "SOUTHORN & CO, BROSELEY" (intaglio, steel)
"MADE IN ENGLAND" (intaglio, steel bovenzijde)
Acquisition
Year 1978
Provenance Londen, Kings road, Brian Tipping, Antiquarius
Londen, antiekhandel, 1978

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