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Howdy, Rebecca! Could you please e-mail me a photo? I have seen
white ball clay pipe stems which looked like they were made from a
light to medium gray paste. However they matched up exactly with the
broken ends of the remainder of the stems from another (close) part of
the site. This effect is be produced by being in a fire. I have also
seen a nice anthropomorphic white ball clay pipe which had a hard
black, tarry, sandy section on about a third of the pipe while the
rest of the pipe was still nice and white. This again was the effects
of being in a fire at a trash pit. The color of white ball clay pipes
can be greatly messed by conditions of deposition.
Smoke.
On 4/19/06, Rebecca J. Emans, M.A., RPA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I have been finding some pipe stem fragments with the form of the classic white clay (pseudo kaolin) pipe stem. Instead of the chalky white, these have a light gray paste, and have black grit temper that projects out from the surface. Could these be locally made copies of the white clay form? Is it possible that during the wars (e.g. Revolutionary, 1812) when soldiers (and others) were unable to get imported white clay pipes, they bought "cruddy" pipes from local earthenware manufacturers? Does any one know of any good sources about these pipes?
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> Rebecca J. Emans, M.A., RPA
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