We have found the "cherubic " types at Fontenelle Trading Post and
Fort Atkinson, 1920-1827 (25WN9).  I like that phrase - I plan to
steal it.  :-)

Fontenelle Trading Post at Bellevue, 25-SY-26, complicated ownership history.
     Missouri Fur Company 1823-1824
     Joshua Pilcher	       1824-1825
     Pilcher & Partners	       1825-1828
     Lucien Fontenelle	       1832-ca.1840

It is similar to those produced by Gottfried Aust (1755-1771 &
Christ-Krause (1786-1802) at Bethabara, North Carolina by Moravian
potters (South 1965 & 1967). However, John Holland became the potter
who took over Gottfried Aust’s pottery in nearby Salem, North Carolina
and was known to have made pipes in 1920-1822 (Walker 1969:28). So I
believe the two examples we have from the west bank of the Missouri
date to 1822-23.  Depends on how long they took to make the trip.  I
suspect both were personal property which came west with the owners
and not for sale at the trading post or the sutlers store.  Too few
fragments of this type have been found.

None of these style pipes I have seen from a known archaeological
context have that "carved" appearance.  That is a new one on me.
Remember, this is America.  Whatever is sucesssfully sold WILL be
copied by other for sale.  :-)


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I defer to Smoke on all things pipe related, but could this be a Pamplin pipe or some other Virginia pipe? The Anthropomorphic pipes in the CHSA volume are more cherubic...
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> Carl Steen
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