Tobacco pipe, Staffordshire, ca. 1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770
Tobacco pipe, Staffordshire, ca. 1770 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1770. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco pipe, lead-glazed earthenware with underglaze oxide decoration, Staffordshire, ca.
1770. Museum description: Tobacco pipe, lead-glazed earthenware with underglaze oxide decoration. The museum record gives material recorded as lead glaze, earthenware; measurements Length 11.4 cm; place associated: Staffordshire. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lead glaze, earthenware
- Dimensions
- Length 11.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Lead-glazed earthenware with underglaze oxide decoration
- Place recorded
- Staffordshire
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco pipe
- Museum object number
- C.507-1914
- Museum system number
- O148904
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.