Pipebowl
- Object Name:
- Pipebowl
- Object ID:
- 1995.539.02
- Description:
- Pipe Bowl, Soapstone. Tapering, horizontal stem, with hole in center, that turns upwards to slightly angular, larger diameter tube with straight sides. Diameter of hole in stem: 0.23". Top inside diameter of bowl: 0.69". Rim diameter of bowl, ~0.9". Bowl is gray speckled color with light-colored speckled areas that may in some cases be due to abrasions. Inside of elbow slightly polished. Nearby top of stem slightly polished. Six parallell, decorative lines on front surface of bowl, approximately 1.3" long. Width of area with decoration: 0.54". Some chipping at top edge of bowl on front. Some chipping around edge of hole at end of stem. Paper label on one side of stem, black ink, script: "Clay Ironstone Pipe". Sheet of paper in sleeve along with it with several lines of writing. Lined paper, blue, blue ink. "(2 piece) / Clay Ironstone bowl (scratched out) / Sle... missing (wooden) / should be s....) / broken c1500-1600 / oleic Gypsum".
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- H-1.8 W-0.9 L-3.3 inches Weight-1.45 oz
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