Clay pipe

MOL.2021.19.1656

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An incomplete fluted pipe bowl. The object is decorated with leaf moulding on the outer surface. A small amount of iron staining adhers to one edge. A total of 174 fragments from clay tobacco pipes were excavated from Piermaster's Green. The assemblage comprises of 15 bowls or part of bowls, 157 stem fragments, a glazed mouthpiece, and a fragment of a clay tobacco pipe mouthpiece mould cut off. This object was excavated by Museum of Liverpool Archaeology and community volunteers during the Piermaster's Green Community Dig. The project investigated the homes of Dock Masters, Pier Masters and their families. Numbers 7, 8 and 10 Albert Parade were built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1852 to accomidate staff for the Albert and Canning Docks. The houses were hit by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War.