Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAF/3/7
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAF/3/7
Title
Clay Pipe
Date(s)
- 1600-1899 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 item. Clay.
Context area
Name of creator
(1511-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Clay pipe with note stating it was found behind the staircase at the bottom of 3rd Court, February 1940.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Ceramic pipes, made of moulded and then fired clay, were used almost universally by Europeans between the introduction of tobacco in the 16th century, and the introduction of cheap cigarettes at the end of the 19th.