Museum number:

APM 13.925a

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

export mark

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel en hiel. Filt radering. Ketel voorzijde intaglio exportmerk L gekroond.

Date:

Period 1865 - 1880


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.05 in (5.2 cm)
Width1.22 in (3.1 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Mark L gekroond (intaglio, ketel stz.)
Acquisition
Year 1994
Provenance Beverley, Colin Tatman
Excavation site Lincoln, St. Mark's Station, 1991
Literature
Colin Tatman, Late 19th-Century Pipes from the Site of St. Mark's Station, Lincoln. HuntleySociety for Clay Pipe Research, Newsletter, X/37, 1993. p 27, afb 3. Dit exemplaar. Toegeschreven als "Loyal Irish".
D.H. Duco, De L gekroond, een vermaard Gouds handelsmerk. Amsterdam, 2004. afb 19a-c. Dit exemplaar.

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