Pipe Tamper

[heseltine]

I have found this. I am led to believe it is a pipe tamper but thats about all I know. Could anyone give any more information about it please.

 

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[shaun7]

that's a nice one!

well, it certainly looks like a pipe tamper

where abouts in the uk are you?

 

[heseltine]

that's a nice one!

well, it certainly looks like a pipe tamper

where abouts in the uk are you?

Pontefract, West Yorkshire

 

[CRUSADER]

Welcome fellow UKer. Hope to see more from you!

Its a very nice Pipe Tamper, can't be sure from the picture, but safe to say its early Georgian. As a generalisation, the smaller the diameter, the earlier it is. Tobacco was hugely expensive & the clay pipes they came in were nearly all thrown away after use. ie. they came pre-packed with tobacco. Often quite long pipes which you had one take on & passed around your mates. breaking off the end with your slobber on, as you passed it. Making the last couple of drags quite harsh I would have thought!

 

[shaun7]

i like his man boobs

 

[traderoftreasures]

1900 to 1920 if the hat has any indication of age ?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The picture is so dark, I cant see it. I only see an outline like a shadow. Is it my screen?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know much about tampers or stoppers as they were called in England. Is it metal?


"It is not enough to fill a pipe and put it to the mouth and set fire to it, for even the country bumpkin knows as much. It is only correct to hold it with the left hand, have the right hand provided with the stopper, impress the onlookers with majestic mien, sit in the proper attitude on the chair, and finally, to take enough time for each pipe and not treat with hasty irreverence this heavenly food."


-Peter Burmann on pipe etiquette, c. 1710

 

[BioProfessor]

Is the bottom smooth or crosshatched? Most of the tamps I've seen have crosshatched bottoms.

Daryl

 

[CRUSADER]

Is the bottom smooth or crosshatched? Most of the tamps I've seen have crosshatched bottoms.

Daryl

Interesting, I have seen any like that

 

[shaun7]

Is the bottom smooth or crosshatched? Most of the tamps I've seen have crosshatched bottoms.

Daryl

Interesting, I have seen any like that

maybe Daryl means the strike, like on mine

 

[BioProfessor]

All the ones we found last year were crosshatched.

You mean the bottom for the strike? Yep.

Daryl

 

[steve from ohio]

Whatever it is........it sure is a nice one.

 

[heseltine]

Is the bottom smooth or crosshatched? Most of the tamps I've seen have crosshatched bottoms.

Daryl

It has lettering at the bottom marked RD

 

[heseltine]

I dont know much about tampers or stoppers as they were called in England. Is it metal?


"It is not enough to fill a pipe and put it to the mouth and set fire to it, for even the country bumpkin knows as much. It is only correct to hold it with the left hand, have the right hand provided with the stopper, impress the onlookers with majestic mien, sit in the proper attitude on the chair, and finally, to take enough time for each pipe and not treat with hasty irreverence this heavenly food."


-Peter Burmann on pipe etiquette, c. 1710

It is Brass and has some lettering on the bottom marked RD

 

[CRUSADER]

Is the bottom smooth or crosshatched? Most of the tamps I've seen have crosshatched bottoms.

Daryl

It has lettering at the bottom marked RD

If the RD is in retro then its a seal/tamper combo, if not then the guy was marking it for future ID.