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Fancy clay tobacco pipe, bowl in form of Dick Whittington's milestone, maker, unknown, made in England(?), 1860-1880

Fancy clay tobacco pipe, bowl in form of Dick Whit

Smoking

1860-1880

Piece of old Stourbridge burnt clay.

Gas Industry

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, long slights curved tubular stem, debased heel, initialed R.G., tall bowl with cylindrical sides, generally straight except base curve, London or Oxford, English, 1730-1760

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1730-1760

Mahogany tobacco pipe case, for clay pipe, (in that form) with half of bowl holder forming hinged lid, onlaid brass decoration, Dutch, 1700-1750

Mahogany tobacco pipe case, for clay pipe, (in tha

Smoking

1700-1750

Specimen bottle of yellowish flakey clay, gachni mitti from India, 1861 to 1935

Specimen bottle of yellowish flakey clay, gachni m

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1861-1935

Lump of red clay in envelope, presented by the Field Museum of Chicago, probably from Afghanistan, 1900-1930

Lump of red clay in envelope, presented by the Fie

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Two clay tobacco pipes, both incomplete with parts of stem missing, tubular stem, protruding heel, bullow forward leaning bowl, English, 1650-1680 Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, long thick tubular stem, large protruding circular-shaped flat-bottomed heel, medium sized forward leaning ballons bowl, tall hatched milling, probably London, English 1660-1680 Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, top of bowl and majority of stem missing, tubular stem, small protruding oval-shaped heel, bullow forward leaning bowl, English, 1650-1680

Two clay tobacco pipes, both incomplete with parts

Smoking

1660-1680

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, small oval shaped flat heel, tall, forward leaning bowl, slightly convex sides, London, English, 1680-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, bowl only, circular stem stub, small protruding flat bottomed spur, very tall bowl flaring out from base to rim, gently convex sides, London, English, 1700-1750

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, bowl only, circular

Smoking

1700-1750

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, medium to large size bore hole, flat oval shaped heel at base of gently convex sided, cylindrical barrel shaped bowl, milling, probably London, 1670-1690

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1670-1690

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, tubular stem, circular in section, slightly protruding circular shaped heel, smallish barrel-shaped bowl, milling round rim, London (?), 1640-1670

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1640-1670

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, large oval-shaped flat heel at base of forward tilting barrel-shaped bowl, sides straightening out towards lip, probably London, 1650-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1650-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, medium sized tubular stem, circular in section, slightly prominent flat-bottomed circular heel at base of barrel-shaped forward leaning bowl, rim chipped, London, English, 1660-1690

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1660-1690

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete (major portion of stem missing), short thick stem, projecting pointed spur, bulbous barrel-shaped bowl projecting forwards, milling, London, English, 1650-1670

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete (major portion of st

Smoking

1650-1670

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, slightly projecting oval heel, tall forward leaning bowl with slightly convex sides, line of milling below rim, London, 1680-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, bowl only, largish flat-bottomed circular heel, makers mark raised in depressed circle JW (IW), barrel-shaped bowl, milling, John Wall or John Winstoe, maker, London, English, 1620-1640

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, bowl only, largish

Smoking

1620-1640

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, oval-shaped forward tilting flat heel at base of bowl, tall, thick-walled, forward-leaning bowl, incised line round rim, London, English, 1680-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, tall forward leaning bowl, rim slightly chipped, some milling below rim, large flat oval heel, London, English, 1690-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1690-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, tubular circular stem, forward sloping debased circular heel, thin walled cylindrical bowl, bowl aperture parallel to stem, makers initials illegible, London, English, 1720-1750

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1720-1750

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, straight tubular stem, very large heart-shaped platform heel, small forward-leaning barrel-shaped bowl, line of narrow hatched milling, London, English, 1610-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1610-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick tubular stem, protruding debased heel sloping backwards, tall cylindrical forward-leaning bowl with gently convex sides, London, English, 1690-1735

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1690-1735

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, flared stem tubular getting fatter towards bowl, shield-shaped flat heel with tail merging into underside of stem, small handmade bowl, bulbous leaning forward, London (?), English, 1570-1600

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1570-1600

Large scale clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, heel knocked off, communal pipe or shop window, or exhibition specimen, English or Dutch, 1650-1800

Large scale clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of

Smoking

1650-1800

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl encased in aluminium, aluminium stem, vulcanite mouthpiece, English, 1850-1900

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl encased in aluminium, alum

Smoking

1850-1900

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, majority of stem missing, thick stem, small oval heel at base of bowl, tall cylindrical forward leaning bowl with gently convex sides, rim chipped, London, 1685-1725

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, majority of stem mi

Smoking

1685-1725

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, moulded stub stem variety with ribbed, toothed and labate design, Turkish, 1880-1924

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, moulded stub stem va

Smoking

1880-1924

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, straight stem, large prominent balloon shaped heel, thick walled bullous bowl, found in River Chelmer, Essex, English, 1640-1660

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1640-1660

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, well smoked, damaged, marked no.46 surmounted by crown, probably Gonda, Dutch, 1750-1800

Clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, well smoked, damaged

Smoking

1750-1800

Clay tobacco pipe, light-brown, bowl in form of comical head with top hat, inscribed Dorbond, ivory stem, possibly French, 1840-1890

Clay tobacco pipe, light-brown, bowl in form of co

Smoking

1840-1890

Five miniature churchwarden style clay tobacco pipes in box, by P. Goedewaagen et Fils, Gouda, Holland, 1880-1920

Five miniature churchwarden style clay tobacco pip

Smoking

1880-1920

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, projecting oval debased heel, thick stem, slightly convex tall flared bowl, London, English, 1680-1730

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1730

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thickish circular stem, large flat circular heel, small forward leaning bowl, barrel-shaped with line of milling around rim, London, 1615-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1615-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, protruding circular debased heel, tall sided forward leaning cylindrical bowl, rim at back slightly bevelled inwards, London, English, 1690-1740

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1690-1740

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thickish tubular stem, oval-shaped slightly protruding heel, very tall forward slanting bowl, flaring towards rim, back rim bevelled inward, London, English, 1680-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, stem curved to left slightly, tallish bowl with slightly convex sides, forward sloping heel on bottom of bowl, London, English, 1675-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1675-1710

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, rim chipped, thickish stem, flat-bottomed spur, forward projecting bulbous barrel-shaped bowl, line of thin narrow hatched milling, London, England, 1630-1650

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1630-1650

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick tubular stem, slightly projecting flat bottomed oval shaped heel, tall cylindrical slightly convex sided bowl, back rim tapered in, narrow incised line round bowl, London, 1675-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1675-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, stem broken but present, some stem missing, long tubular stem, small protruding circular debased heel, tall, thin-walled cylindrical bowl, curving upwards, rim parallel to stem angle, London, English, 1730-1760

Clay tobacco pipe, stem broken but present, some s

Smoking

1730-1760

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thin stem, small bore hole, pointed spur, initials or mark indiscernable, thin-walled bowl, rim top parallel to stem angle, wheatsheaf

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1800-1840

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, tubular cylindrical bowl with slightly convex sides, small flat oval heel, London, English, 1685-1720

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1685-1720

Clay tobacco pipe incomplete, part of stem missing, thick tubular stem missing, thick tubular stem, small bobble shaped spur forward leaning barrel-shaped bowl, line of hatched milling, probably London, English 1670-1690

Clay tobacco pipe incomplete, part of stem missing

Smoking

1670-1690

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem and bowl rim missing, short tubular stem, large prominent circular-shaped heel, medium-sized bulbous bowl, milling, London, English, 1630-1650

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem and bo

Smoking

1630-1650

Clay tobacco pipe, very incomplete, some stem, top third of bowl missing, straight tubular stem, forward angled pointed spur, broken top, London, English, 1650-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, very incomplete, some stem, top

Smoking

1650-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thinnish tubular stem, slightly prominent debassed heel, marked either side with crowns, thin-walled bowl, rim parallel to stem, London, 1730-1780

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1730-1780

Specimen jar, with glass stopper, containing lump of edible earth, Karkooti, from Sudan, mounted on wooden stand, English, 1871 to 1940

Specimen jar, with glass stopper, containing lump

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1940

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, in two parts, stem broken off in front of bowl, straight stem, prominent heel, forward-leaning bowl, English, 1670-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1670-1700

Red clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, stub-stem type, with curly foot, by C. Cavazzon, Bassanov, near Verona, Northern Italy, 1880-1925

Red clay tobacco pipe, bowl only, stub-stem type,

Smoking

1880-1925

Sample of Browbey clay from California, 1801 to 1950

Sample of Browbey clay from California, 1801 to 19

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1950

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, small forward pointing spur, small forward projecting bulbous bowl, with line of milling just below rim, London, 1618-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1610-1635

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, very thick tubular stem, small protruding spur, small forward leaning bulbous barrel-shaped bowl, Oxford, English, 1635-1670

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1635-1670