Thanks to Denis for his reply. The TWs we are after are the ones on the
front, facing smoker, of bowl sometimes in a frame, sometimes with cross
hatched hearts on side. In the North East of England these have been found
with the maker's names in full along the stem - both William Tennant and
Patrick McKenna, which was when we realised it wasn't the maker's initials
(necessarily). I understand that one idea is that the TW stands for 'The
Workman'. We were interested in how far these pipes travel - though if we
can't always be sure of the maker I don't suppose we can claim them for
North East enterprise!

We have a miniature made from an original mould.

Jenny

>Jenny and John
>
>'TW' in Antipodean settings usually means Thomas White of Edinburgh, a =
>major Scottish clay pipe manufacturer.  I have usually seen the name in =
>full impressed into the stem, with Edinburgh on the opposite face, but =
>have seen variations of initials on stem, spur and on bowl, facing smoker.
>
>See Davey (ed.), Archaeology of the caly Tobacco Pipe ?XI - Scotland, in =
>the BAR international series.
>
>Denis
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