Pipe bowls

[Greg White]

Any input is appreciated. Found in Patapsco river
Near Elkridge, MD.

 

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[Tdog]

Trade pipes.

 

[newnan man]

Handed out in taverns, made in molds in factories. They are quite old.

 

[Greg White]

Trade pipes.

Thanks.

 

[Greg White]

Handed out in taverns, made in molds in factories. They are quite old.

Thank you.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's some info on both. The white one is older than the other.

https://peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/12-pipes/157-kaolin-clay-trade-pipes

Clay Tobacco Pipes produced at Point Pleasant, Ohio

 

[Indian Steve]

The one on the right is from Mogadore Ohio 1883-96. I dug over 18,000 factory rejects from 1969-82.

 

[Greg White]

Here's some info on both. The white one is older than the other.

https://peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/12-pipes/157-kaolin-clay-trade-pipes

Clay Tobacco Pipes produced at Point Pleasant, Ohio

The one on the right is from Mogadore Ohio 1883-96. I dug over 18,000 factory rejects from 1969-82.

18,000... quite a few. Thanks for the info ��

 

[Tony in SC]

Good finds and Great info!!!

 

[dognose]

Grim is correct, the pipe on the left is older. Nice finds.

 

[Indian Steve]

My wife and i dug a little over 400 of them in May of 1982 while on our honeymoon. Don't ever say i ain't romantic.

 

[Indian Steve]

Pamplin, Point Pleasant and Mogadore shared molds & clay but i have never seen the top one made anywhere but Mogadore. That same type of pipe had advertising on them for different tobacco companies {Catlins, Catlins Old Style, Red Letter, Finzer} and they were included in pouches of tobacco. Search Akron cly Pipe Company for more info.

 

[Greg White]

Pamplin, Point Pleasant and Mogadore shared molds & clay but i have never seen the top one made anywhere but Mogadore. That same type of pipe had advertising on them for different tobacco companies {Catlins, Catlins Old Style, Red Letter, Finzer} and they were included in pouches of tobacco. Search Akron cly Pipe Company for more info.

Will do. Many thanks

 

[Tesorodeoro]

My wife and i dug a little over 400 of them in May of 1982 while on our honeymoon. Don't ever say i ain't romantic.

Seems like there might be a use for that many broken pipes...you were keeping track obviously...what did you do with them?

 

[Indian Steve]

The ones that i dug were factory rejects. They had over a 70% failure rate in the kilns. Pipe bowls would warp, cracks would form, glaze would run, etc. They were very quality concious. I moved from Mogadore to Greensboro NC when i was 17 {1971}and started selling pipes out of the trunk of my 1937 Plymouth coupe at flea markets. Pipes were 50 cents each, $5 a dozen and $35 a hundred. When i ran out, i drove back to Ohio and dug more and continued selling. Prices increased over the years until i was selling them at $1500 for a thousand pipes. I actually got my wife because of pipes. She was travelling the east coast selling at flea markets with her much older boyfriend when they stopped at the antique shop i was living in. We all went to Renagers in PA in two vehicles. I was with the antique store owner and Butch & Kathy were intheir van. At one rest stop, Butch{31} made the remark that Kathy{19} was getting old and uppity and he was going to trade her in on a younger one. I imeadiately offered 300 pipes {$3 each} for her. I continued to bug him in front of her for a few months. At one point, he complained about her cooking and i cut my offer in half. One day, she asked me if i was serious and i said i was. She called me from New Jersey a couple of weeks later and said if i was serious, come get her. I didn't have a car then {Living in a 59 ford bus} so I hitchhiked to NJ and got her and we have been together since 1981. I kept one of each kind that i dug and added several more over the years. There is somewhere around 180 different clay pipes in the collection that i am planning on putting up for sale soon. Here is a picture of us at Sedgefield Flea Market in 1981.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Thanks for that story.