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LOT 2122

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

CASED POST MEDIEVAL 'PUBLISHED' CLAY PIPE AND BRONZE TAMPER COLLECTION
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
19 1/4 x 13 3/8 x 2 in. (3 kg total, 49 x 34 x 5 cm including case).

Collection of clay pipes mounted and labelled from 1580 through to 1930, with smokers' accessories (pipe tampers) in a glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

PUBLISHED:
Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.60-63 (item 20, hand holding a scroll).

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