clay pipe bits

[AvoidingWork]

just one more--any one else find great numbers of clay pipe bits while digging? These are all montreal companies-Bannerman, Henderson etc from around mid 1800s

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[IRISH]

We get heaps of them here, mostly plain but the fancy ones are very collectable (even with broken stems).
The photo's below are just a few of mine, I'm going to put them all on a display board one of these day's [] .

The one with the cannon and pile of balls on it sadly has a chip on the bowl, it has a trooper with a gun on the other side.

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[IRISH]

This is a close up of the lady, I thought it was Queen Vic when I dug it but now I'm not sure.

 

[AvoidingWork]

thanks for the response--those are really cool. We haven't found a whole pipe bowl yet.

 

[David E]

A bit of info on broken pipes. I was reading an artical on Monkey Spoons(which I may have} used at Wedings funerals, and other celbrations the decortive spoons were given away. Also at this Dutch gathings a lot of furniture and other items were broken up after the booze was ingested.
To include glay pipes which may or maynot have been thrown in a pit. If you are digging in an old Dutch area that may be it.

Dave

 

[IRISH]

The pipes where very cheap and where often given away with tobacco, at pubs and the like, they also are very easy to break and anywhere people smoked you have a good chance at finding them. I like the celebrations theory though [] .

The range of different pipes is just amazing, you can get famous poets, generals, kings and queens, pipes depicting the name of pubs, even pornografic pipes believe it or not [8|] (persumably given away at brothels).

 

[idigjars]

WoW, great pics