Pipe bowl

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This milled clay tobacco pipe bowl was found at Inveravon Roman Fort in Stirlingshire. It dates from the 17th century.

Early tobacco pipe bowls like this one were small, no doubt because tobacco was relatively expensive.

Tobacco reached Scotland from America in the early 17th century and the habit of smoking soon caught on. Tobacco was smoked in clay pipes, which were cheap and disposable. The first clay pipes were imported from the Low Countries.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-434-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1992.153
• Date: 17th century
  
• Material: Clay; bulous; milled
  Tobacco pipe / bowl
  
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• What: Tobacco pipe / bowl
  
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• Where: Scotland, Stirlingshire, Inveravon (Roman Fort, Hunterian Museum's excavation area)
  
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• Description: Small and bulbous, milled clay tobacco-pipe bowl, from Inveravon Roman Fort, Stirlingshire, 17th century
  
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