Object number
97/31
Exhibition
Description
This is a glazed clay pipe of a traditional shape with a vulcanite mouthpiecewhich is joined to the bowl with a silver (?) connecting piece. There is also an inscription on it: 'GOEDE // WAAGEN //HOLLAND'.
Physical description
1 pipe: clay; good condition
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>Tobacco pipes, mid-twentieth centuryAs many of the images in this exhibition show, farmers were often depicted smoking tobacco pipes. The five examples shown here with their original packaging are all briar pipes. This seems to have been a very popular type of pipe in the farming community. Designs like these were in common use throughout much of the twentieth century. Clay tobacco pipes were a more traditional choice. Farmers would have been familiar with early clay pipes, which are frequently unearthed in agricultural contexts through ploughing. The modern clay pipe shown here was made in Holland. It was purchased on 22nd November 1965 for 2 shillings and 11 pence.MERL 97/34/1-5, MERL 97/31</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Archival history
made in Holland, acquired by Mr. Rumble from C. Paunicliffe on 22nd November 1965 for 2 shillings and 11 pence
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