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Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Framed set of tobacco pipe fragments (17)
Object Number:
INV.10210.242-258
Date:
1760-1820
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
largest: 1 3/4 x 3 in. ( 4.4 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: (1); bowl: "I.C./16" (facing smoker; w/stem)
stamped: (2, 3); bottom heel: "54" (below crown), shield on other side of heel; bowl fg w/heel
stamped: (3, 4); bowl, facing smoker: "WG"; also on heel
stamped: (5, 6); bowl, facing smoker: "TD"; al
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe fragments; white clay.
Gallery Label:
These fragments were found in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal, 1921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
