by Tom Licence | Jun 16, 2018
Clay pipe moulded in the shape of a wicker fishing basket with a herring swimming in through a hole at the base, where the bowl joins the stem.
by Tom Licence | May 15, 2018
Horn or similar material, double-tubed mouthpiece for a briar pipe. The fitting end is broken off.
by Tom Licence | Mar 30, 2016
Clay pipe bowls excavated from a ditch that was filled in 1883.
by Tom Licence | Jan 25, 2015
Ally Sloper was a popular Victorian cartoon character. Here his head adorns a clay pipe, with his nose serving as the spur. The pipe has been in a destructor.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipes: an animal (top); an Irish pipe with harp and shamrock on other side (middle), and the maker Parnell (bottom).
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipe made in 1887 to commemorate Buffalo Bill’s performance to the queen on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee. Stem incised [… Q]ueens Buffalo Bill.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipe bowl moulded as the head of a maharajah or one of the three wise men from Matthew’s Gospel.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Kaolin pipe bowl showing Edward, crowned as Prince of Wales. The other side shows Princess Alexandra. The second bowl (right) bears the symbol of the Crossed Keys. Originally a papal emblem, it attached to many pubs, and this pipe may have been purchased at a pub of...
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
One ribbed, without spur.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Plain clay pipe bowls, one with maker’s initials on spur.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Kaolin pipe bowls, one with a horse’s hoof for a heel/ spur.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipe bowl moulded as the head of a Black African man. Novelty bowls were sometimes sold or given away at pubs whose names they represented. This one may have been smoked at a pub called ‘The Black’s Head’ or similar. (There is still one with...
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Pipe bowl showing the old draped bust of Queen Victoria, which appeared on coins from 1893.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Kaolin pipe bowl showing the old veiled bust of Queen Victoria, which appeared on coins in 1893.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Made in Holland, smoked in London, dumped in Essex. Dutch clay pipes are distinctive because the bowl sits at about 45 degrees to the stem. This one is in the shape of a tulip – another Dutch import to Victorian London.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipe in the shape of a bird’s claw clutching an egg.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Clay pipe in the form of a bird’s claw clutching an egg.
by Tom Licence | Jan 4, 2015
Kaolin pipes, smoked in London and dumped in Essex. Top right, the ‘spur’ or ‘heel’ of the pipe is Ally Sloper, a Victorian cartoon character. Centre left: a basketwork design.
