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This comes from David Higggins already a pipe expert when I met him as
an undergrad at Leicester 30 plus years ago while I was doing my MA in
Local History - where does the time go- sounds like a Sandy Denny song.
Natascha Mehler of the University of Vienna forwarded this on -look out
for her paper on Bavarian pipes in next Post-medieval archaeology
From David
Yes, I have seen this style of pipe before, which was certainly made in
Marseille as well as Italy during the second half of the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. The Marseille ones are usually in a very
dark red terra cotta clay, whereas the Italian ones are often more pale,
like these examples. The pipemakers of Bassano del Grappa in Italy used
pale clays like the Cuban examples and Susie (White) has published some
pipes from Molise that include this style. I do not know if they were
made more widely in this part of the Mediterranean but I would have
thought Italy was a possible source for them. As for Spain, this
remains largely terra incognita in pipe terms and I have not been able
to find out much about what was produced there. So this remains an
alternative source.
David
Ps Odlanyer- I have forwarded your email to David who will be in touch.
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