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[[Image:pollockclaypipes1.jpg|thumb|Fox & Grapes, [[Pollock Clay Pipes]]]] | |||
Clays burn "hot" in comparison to other types of pipes, so they are often difficult for most pipe-smokers to use. Their proponents claim that, unlike other materials, a well-made clay pipe gives a "pure" smoke, with no flavor addition from the pipe bowl. In addition to aficionados, reproductions of historical clay styles are used by some Historical re-enactors. | The topic of [[clay]] pipes is very extensive. Therefore here only in a nutshell: clay in this case is almost always a very fine white clay. | ||
Low-quality "clay" pipes are actually made from [[porcelain]] forming techniques known as slip, and poured into a mold. | |||
These are porous, of very low quality, and impart unwanted flavors to a smoke. | |||
Top-notch clays, on the other hand are made in a labor-intensive process that requires beating all air out of the clay, hand-rolling each pipe before molding it, piercing with a fine wire, and careful firing. | |||
Traditionally, clay pipes are unglazed. | |||
Clays burn "hot" in comparison to other types of pipes, so they are often difficult for most pipe-smokers to use. | |||
Their proponents claim that, unlike other materials, a well-made clay pipe gives a "pure" smoke, with no flavor addition from the pipe bowl. | |||
In addition to aficionados, reproductions of historical clay styles are used by some Historical re-enactors. | |||
Clay pipes were once considered disposable items and the large quantities discarded in the past are often used as an aid in dating by industrial archaeologists. | Clay pipes were once considered disposable items and the large quantities discarded in the past are often used as an aid in dating by industrial archaeologists. | ||
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== Links == | |||
* [[Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers and Distributors Found in U.S. Directories in the Library of Congress]], Compiled by Paul Jung in 1991 | * [[Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers and Distributors Found in U.S. Directories in the Library of Congress]], Compiled by Paul Jung in 1991 | ||
* Heather Coleman, [[A Short History Of Clay Pipes]] for additional information | * Heather Coleman, [[A Short History Of Clay Pipes]] for additional information | ||
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* Ivor Noël Hume, [https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] excellent article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal | * Ivor Noël Hume, [https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] excellent article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal | ||
* [https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/pipemarks-introduction.php 17th and 18th Century Marked Clay Tobacco Pipes From Ferryland, NL] useful website for identifying clay pipe makers marks | * [https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/pipemarks-introduction.php 17th and 18th Century Marked Clay Tobacco Pipes From Ferryland, NL] useful website for identifying clay pipe makers marks | ||
* | * Rebecca C. W. Robinson, [https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/hesperia/147907.pdf Tobacco pipes of Corinth and of the Athenian Agora] | ||
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* [[Bell]] William and David Bell; 19th century clay pipe factory in Quebec | * [[Bell]] William and David Bell; 19th century clay pipe factory in Quebec | ||
* [[Henderson & Lovelace, E.M.]] second half of the 19th century clay pipe factory in Montreal | * [[Henderson & Lovelace, E.M.]] second half of the 19th century clay pipe factory in Montreal | ||
* [[ | * [[Olde World Fine Clays]] Stephen Bray | ||
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=== Links === | === Links === | ||
* [http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/howto/makers/LIVNP_2012_03_02_OSWALD.pdf Clay pipe makers list] as published by Adrian Oswald in 1975 | * [http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/howto/makers/LIVNP_2012_03_02_OSWALD.pdf Clay pipe makers list] as published by Adrian Oswald in 1975 | ||
* Lloyd J. Edwards [http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6882/1/6882_4187.PDF?UkUDh:CyT Tobacco pipes, pipemakers, and tobacconists in Newcastle and Gateshead until c1800: an archaeological study] master thesis | * Lloyd J. Edwards, [http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6882/1/6882_4187.PDF?UkUDh:CyT Tobacco pipes, pipemakers, and tobacconists in Newcastle and Gateshead until c1800: an archaeological study] master thesis | ||
* S. Newns [https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.3.4 The Clay Tobacco Pipes] in N. Corcos et al. Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis, Internet Archaeology 45. | * S. Newns, [https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.3.4 The Clay Tobacco Pipes] in N. Corcos et al. Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis, Internet Archaeology 45. | ||
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* [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/einen.htm KnasterKOPF – A specialist periodical dealing with the history of clay pipes and tobacco] | * [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/einen.htm KnasterKOPF – A specialist periodical dealing with the history of clay pipes and tobacco] | ||
* [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/enaein.htm German Society for Clay-Pipe Research] | * [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/enaein.htm German Society for Clay-Pipe Research] | ||
* Mehler, | * Natascha Mehler, [https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-018-0108-9 Clay Tobacco-Pipe Research and Historical Archaeology in Germany, a Difficult Relationship], Hist Arch 52, 454–466 (2018). | ||
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=== Manufacturers === | === Manufacturers === | ||
* [[Creu Retinyola]] clay pipe factory in Palafrugell (Catalonia) | * [[Creu Retinyola]] clay pipe factory in Palafrugell (Catalonia) | ||
* [[ | * [[Esteve Espinet]] clay pipe factory in the Palamos area (Catalonia) | ||
* [[Juan Castellà]] 17th - 19th century clay pipe factory in the Palamos area (Catalonia) | * [[Juan Castellà]] 17th - 19th century clay pipe factory in the Palamos area (Catalonia) | ||
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=== Manufacturers === | === Manufacturers === | ||
* [[ | * [[Olaf Forsberg]] 18th century clay pipe maker | ||
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== Porcelain pipes == | == Porcelain pipes == | ||
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<blockquote><q>There are thousands of pipe fragments found in Williamsburg. An early explanation for their ubiquity had it that in colonial-era taverns pipes passed from mouth to mouth, but that in the interests of hygiene the previously lip-gripped section was broken off and thrown away. There is no documentary support for that notion, but it is known that used pipes were placed in iron cradles and heat cleansed in bake ovens before being issued to the next round of smokers.</q><ref>[https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] by Ivor Noël Hume</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote><q>There are thousands of pipe fragments found in Williamsburg. An early explanation for their ubiquity had it that in colonial-era taverns pipes passed from mouth to mouth, but that in the interests of hygiene the previously lip-gripped section was broken off and thrown away. There is no documentary support for that notion, but it is known that used pipes were placed in iron cradles and heat cleansed in bake ovens before being issued to the next round of smokers.</q><ref>[https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] by Ivor Noël Hume</ref></blockquote> | ||
On the other hand the author of the [[Keens Steakhouse]] Website states: | |||
<blockquote><q>The tradition of checking one's pipe at the inn had its origins in 17th century Merrie Old England where travelers kept their clay at their favorite inn - the thin stemmed pipe being too fragile to be carried in purse or saddlebag.</q></blockquote> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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