Clay tobacco pipe, Europe, 1660-1690
Clay tobacco pipes incomplete, part of stem missing, flaring tubular stem, cylindrical forward leaning bowl, English, 1660-1690
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Clay tobacco pipe, long flaring stem, forward leaning bowl contained in walnut (?) pipe case of later date in form of flintlock pistol
Inside this carved wooden holder, shaped like a flintlock pistol, is an earlier clay pipe with a long mouthpiece. The pipe was probably made in England between 1660 and 1690. The later wooden case may be there to protect the clay pipe. Made sometime in the 1700s, the butt of the pistol has been shaped to resemble a woman’s head and neck.
Details
- Category:
- Smoking
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A32426
- Measurements:
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overall: 51 mm x 480 mm x 80 mm, .36kg
- type:
- clay pipe
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Walnut pipe case in the form of a flintlock pistol for a churchwarden pipe
Walnut (?) pipe case in the form of a flintlock pistol designed to hold a churchwarden clay pipe, with sliding lid, butt in form of a mask, French or Belgian, 1701-1800
- Measurements:
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length 475 mm
width 66 mm
- Materials:
- walnut, ? material and @
- Object Number:
- A32426 Pt2
- type:
- pipe case
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
