Buckley Society Magazine Issue Five: Buckley Clay Tobacco Pipes by Bentley, Davey and Harrison"

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Buckley Society Magazine Issue Five, October 1979

p.15 - 22

The article is covered in 164.14 - 18. For all the entries, enter in the CAPTION field - Buckley Clay Tobacco Pipes.

BUCKLEY CLAY TOBACCO PIPES

by James Bentley, Peter J. Davey and H. Martin Harrison

illus 21 - 28

21. IH Circular mark in relief on a circular heel.

22. W gauntlet I Sub-rectangular mark on a tailed heel; a star over letters.

23. C gauntlet I Oval mark on a tailed heel (broken).

24. RD Heart-shaped mark on a tailed heel,

25. Roller-stamped stem with a ? cockerel in an oval frame with lattice decoration, Probably a Chester Inn-Sign pipe of the early eighteenth century. (13)

26.lB Irregular 'indented' circle mark on a circular heel.

27. lB Circular mark on a circular heel, Details of stamp and bowl form (cf. No, 2 above) indicate a South Lancashire origin, 1660-80.(14)

28. lB Semi-circular mark with a crest on a circular heel, This is the most common of the South Lancashire lB marks in the typical frame of that area. (15) Such frames and stamps were designed to go on the backs of the bowls but occasionally, as in this case, are used on the heel, 1660-80.

Author: Bentley, J., P. Davey, H. Harrison

Buckley Society Magazine Issue Five: Buckley Clay Tobacco Pipes by Bentley, Davey and Harrison"

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