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Collection Item: Tobacco Pipe

Basic info

Collection
Decorative Arts
Object name
Tobacco pipe
Object category
Ceramic
Creators
Unknown (Potter)
Description
A salt glazed stoneware tobacco pipe in the shape of sinuous snake. The stem is moulded with scales, the bowl formed from the snake's open mouth. The pipe is buff coloured with brown glaze around the stem and along the top of the pipe.
Production date start
1750
Production date end
1890
Period
Georgian
Victorian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 2001.8265
Number of objects
1
Classification code
3.63
2.45
Classification scheme
SHIC
SHIC
ID
15001880

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Stoneware (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole length 225.0 mm
Whole depth 100.0 mm

Production

Creators
Unknown (Potter)