The second item is not a tobacco pipe lid.  No holes for leting air in.  :-(
Smoke

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Patrick Tucker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have two artifacts that I need help with identification of their
> functional use. Both come from a residential lot on a street in Maumee City,
> Ohio. Other ceramic manufacturers' marks and the property records suggest an
> occupation date of circa 1885-1927. The house on the lot was originally
> built in 1887 as a wood-frame structure, and later remodeled.
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> The first is ceramic with manufacturer's mark "A.P. Co" I don't believe this
> to be American Pottery Company, Trenton, NJ, but I may be wrong. It is
> tube-like with a large diameter hole running through it. Could this be part
> of a ceramic insulator for electrical wiring?
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7119.jpg
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7121.jpg
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7124c.jpg
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7123.jpg
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> The other artifact is a circular, hinged metal lid (silver or nickel-plated
> brass) with an engraved floral design (four-leaf clover?) on the exterior.
> Profile is convex (exterior)/concave (interior). Looks too small to be a
> jewelry or ring box, and too large to be a pocket watch case. Possible
> snuff-box, or too late for this type of artifact?
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7148.jpg
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> http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/Box%20Site/100_7149.jpg
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> Pat Tucker
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> Swanton, Ohio, USA
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