Pipe, clay
Collection object
1985.0032
H. bowl 4.8 D. rim ext 2.4 T. wall 0.3-0.4 L. stem 2.0 D. at bowl 1.1 x 0.9 D. bore 0.2
Clay tobacco pipe made for John Clune, tobacco manufacturer, Limerick? 1880s 1890s. Highly ornate slightly bulbous bowl at an angle of c. 45 degrees to the stem. The ornament, beginning 0.8 below the rim, consists of four encircling ribs around the bowl, and below, on the four faces, a club like motif tapering down the stem terminating in a small boss, the club surrounded by a raised rib. To each side of the club are three bosses arranged longtitudinally with a pair above, a diagonal raised line joining each of the upper pair to the lower encircling rib, and the lowest rib with a short raised line below. The club motif on the stem and front faces are flattened, with a casting seam down the centre. On the stem, between the ends of the motifs, are comb like motifs consisting of a C-shape with five teeth pointing down to the stem. Stem pointed oval in cross section, has a boss above and below the point of the oval on each side, and is broken off at this point.