Pipe, clay
Collection object
1985.0030
H. bowl 4.2 D. rim ext 2.6 T. wall 0.3 L. heel 0.7 D. base heel 0.9 x 0.8 L. stem 4.8 D. av bosses 0.4 H. 0.25 D. stem at bowl 1.1 D. bore 0.2
Clay tobacco pipe made for John Clune, tobacco manufacturer, Limerick, 1880s 1890s. Upright slightly bulbous bowl with a large flat based heel, stamped on the stem face with a three leaved shamrock, the leaf ends of which are inscribed Home Made Pipe. The stem, broken off close to the bowl, has a series of bosses lengthwise along each of the four faces, those on opposite faces more or less in the same position on the stem. The number 13, raised, is close to the bowl on one face of the stem.