Early 1800's Clay Tobacco Pipe Ref. SP-1
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Early 1800's Clay Tobacco Pipe Ref. SP-1
Thanks to Sir Walter Raleigh, who, in the late 1500's is reputed to be the first to introduce tobacco to England, smoking soon became popular in Elizabethan England and men, women and even children were addicted to the habit. It is said that Sir Walter even offered Queen Elizabeth a pipe although this claim cannot be substantiated.
Tobacco was expensive when it was first introduced and the earlier pipe bowls were quite small. Tobacco was eventually grown in England, and, as the price dropped, the bowl of the pipe increased in size.
By the 1720's clay pipes were being made in small factories in virtually every town and city, the thicker and stubbier pipes were more favoured by the countryman, and the elegant, thinner pipes, often embellished with designs, were usually used by the townsman
The earliest clay pipes known in England and Europe are generally thought to date from c.1580-1600 and are thought to have been copied from styles smoked by the Native Indian tribes of the North/East American Continent. English mariners setting up the first colonies there were introduced to smoking which was ceremonial but it was not long before smoking was taken up as a habit by mariners who traveled from port to port around the globe.
The above pipe bowl, part of the stem missing, was found on the banks of the River Thames in England, and, is possibly around the late 1700's to early 1800's, the design being popular at this time. Note the 'spur' on the bottom which has the maker's insignia, as well as the 'fern' decoration on the bowl. The bowl, being of medium size, indicates that tobacco was getting more affordable to the smoker. Small bowls indicate an age around the early 1600's whilst large bowls are from the late 1860's.
This is a genuine antique. Please remember the classification of an 'antique' is that it should be 100 years old, OR MORE. There are many articles being offered as 'antiques' when, clearly, they are not.
Price R55.00 Post R30.00
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