just a trade pipe and clay balls

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DSC00038.webp the pipe works...and was field tested...LOL!
 
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How long have you collected?
 
Nice pipe and marbles
 
That's a nice pipe and set of balls you've got there :dontknow: lol
 
Nice trade pipe/pieces and clay marbles. Thanks for the pics!!
 
Hey outlaw,

Is that not White Man stuff?

This is:

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Looks like it was made in Ohio to me.
 
Hey outlaw,

Is that not White Man stuff?

This is:

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definitely not made by prehistoric, I think that's why they get called trade pipes. I have never read up on them but do know they were mass produced not to awful long ago. I have never hunted in Ohio all pieces were found in southern IL...Saline and Gallatin counties.
 
The largest manufacturer of those pipes was in Point Pleasant Ohio
 
I've only found one that may have been made there... Its a glazed face pipe ...all the rest I've found are British made.

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Yes.. some colonial pipes had them as well they had the nickname of Penny pipe because at the saloon you could pay a penny to have a smoke off the pipe when you were done you would break of the piece that your lips touched.
Find lots of stem pieces
This is a good link for the kaolin clay pipes.
www.dawnmist.org/gallery

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Yep- it is (clearly) colonial- and often only the penny pipes were called 'trade' pipe- but those reed-stemmed (the reed's obviously gone) pipes were traded too. Solid and chunky, they tend to survive pretty well over the years. I've found 6 whole and lots of bits- and the whole ones could definitely work again- if I had a mind to use them... Just need a reed.. ;) I think there were a couple manufacturers- or more. Ohio, West Va. (and N. Carolina?). I'm sure someone knows. Yak
 
The largest manufacturer of those pipes was in Point Pleasant Ohio

Here's a paper on the Point Pleasant pipes: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/38903/Point_Pleasant_pipes.pdf

definitely not made by prehistoric, I think that's why they get called trade pipes. I have never read up on them but do know they were mass produced not to awful long ago. I have never hunted in Ohio all pieces were found in southern IL...Saline and Gallatin counties.

Hey outlaw,

The reason I said "White Man stuff" is mainly because of the marbles. I've never hunted in southern Illinois, but if I found reed stem pipes, in close association with clay marbles, I'd think White Man…

A lot of the reed stems were also produced in Pamplin, Virginia. Here's one that appears to be named after George Catlin:

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"Acute angle. Color ranges from pale red to light orange. Round bowl encircled by a raised band below the
top. Raised "CATLINS" on each side of bowl. Stem is hexagonal, with the planes merging into the lower
portions of the round bowl. Stem terminates in a large, rounded lip. Produced by the Pamplin Co." Pamplin Clay Tobacco Pipes Minigallery - Museum of Anthropology - University of Missouri-Columbia
 
wow good stuff Surf Thnx!
Here's a paper on the Point Pleasant pipes: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/38903/Point_Pleasant_pipes.pdf



Hey outlaw,

The reason I said "White Man stuff" is mainly because of the marbles. I've never hunted in southern Illinois, but if I found reed stem pipes, in close association with clay marbles, I'd think White Man…

A lot of the reed stems were also produced in Pamplin, Virginia. Here's one that appears to be named after George Catlin:

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"Acute angle. Color ranges from pale red to light orange. Round bowl encircled by a raised band below the
top. Raised "CATLINS" on each side of bowl. Stem is hexagonal, with the planes merging into the lower
portions of the round bowl. Stem terminates in a large, rounded lip. Produced by the Pamplin Co." Pamplin Clay Tobacco Pipes Minigallery - Museum of Anthropology - University of Missouri-Columbia
 

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