Museum number:

APM 9.508c

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with ring beard and fez

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel. Ketel hoofd man met snor en ringbaard, overlangse gestreepte fez met afhangende kwast aan de steelzijde. Persvorm in twee delen.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.22 in (3.1 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalBristol (district)
TownBristol
MakerRichard Ring
Acquisition
Year 1987
Provenance Bristol, Reg & Philomena Jackson
Excavation site Bristol, Bath Road, fabrieksstort, 1982
Literature
Reg & Philomena Jackson, Roger Price, The Ring Family of Bristol, Clay Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers. LondonPost Medieval Archaeology, /18, 1984. fig 18, afb ... Dit exemplaar.

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