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Sometimes we receive photos from our customers and friends showing interesting historical items that relate to the kinds of pipes we sell. We would like to share some of their images with you.
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Hand-made, painted wooden pipe box modelled on 18th century tavern pipe boxes. Pipe box was designed and built by Kip Reiher.
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Sarah Roach sent us these photos of a pipe of unknown origin.
If any of our visitors can shed some light on this type of pipe, let us know. Email us here.
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Dutch clay pipe found on the bottom of the Hudson River by Robert Burnor
Mr. Burnor indicates this pipe may be available for purchase. If you are interested email us for the details
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Pamplin Pipe and Stem photos from Joe Cayuela.
Joe has also sent a copy of The Missouri Archaeologist from December 1972 (PDF 4MB) with the article CLAY PIPES FROM PAMPLIN by Henry W. Hamilton and Jean Tyree Hamilton.
Professor James L. Murphy of Ohio State University, who lectures on the history of Ohio has authenticated these pipes:
These are almost certainly Akron Shaker pipes made at the Pamplin, Virginia, factory, which is now on the National Register. I have a very similar box used for shipping them, I'm attaching drawings from an article by the late Don Rist on distinguishing "Diamond Stamped Elbow" clay pipes. He used the number of diamonds in the bottom row on each side and the number of ribs on each side of the handle to distinguish them. Similar pipes were made by the Akron Smoking Pipe Co. in Mogadore, Ohio, and in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
It looks to me like all of yours have just six diamonds in the bottom row on the right side, which fits the Pamplin Type II. You can check to see if the other side has 8 in the bottom row. I didn't bother to scan the other pages since most of the other pipe styles have a single ridge around the bowl rather than the double ridge. Pamplin Type I has 6 diamonds on each side of the stem but only a single ridge around the top of the bowl. The Pamplin Type II is the only one with only six diamonds in the bottom right row.
It is confusing because the Pamplin factory as well as the one in Point Pleasant Ohio were bought by an Akron Co., so the use of the term Akron Shaker is obscure.
Jim
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