This is most likely a reference to Farrell Prior who in the 1880s and early 1890s was a clay pipe maker living at 31 Britannia Street in Thornaby on Tees, then known as South Stockton. The first of these clearly shows the place name STOCKTON & on the opposite side of the stem, somewhat indistinctly, what appear to be the letters RIOR. Very rarely do these fragments carry any form of identification, but two pieces unearthed recently have both carried the name of their maker & the place where they were manufactured. This design was issued prematurely, when the English were confident of success, but in fact the Spanish ended up outwitting them and holding onto the town, while the English suffered an embarrassing failure.In the late 19th century many working men including ironstone miners would have smoked a clay tobacco pipe and on my allotment in North Skelton, close to the site of the former ironstone mine, I frequently turn up broken fragments of pipe stem & on one occasion a complete pipe bowl.
The pipe depicts English naval hero Admiral Vernon claiming victory from the Spanish leader Don Blas, who is shown kneeling and surrendering his sword. The Admiral Vernon pipe commemorates a victory that never happened, at the Battle of Cartogena in 1741. The other side, which is missing on this broken pipe, shows the Duke of Cumberland, with his upturned sword and the words 'I VICTORY GAIND'. The figure on this side is the Scotsman, with his round shield and downturned sword, and the words 'I BUT DISTURB'. The pipe with the figure in chequered breeches commemorates the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The Hope and Justice pipe has the symbol of hope on one side and justice on the other, but I still need to find out if this relates to a particular event or organisation. One of the pipes appears to represent Nelson (but is one of the figures Napoleon?) This is likely to be Samuel Lewis Horsley Down was a previous parish/sub-district on the south side of London Bridge in Southwark.
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The text on the full stem is: LEWIS MANUFACTURER NEW ST, HORSLEY DOWN and the maker's initials on the left and right of the spur are S / L. The text on the bowl is: KING AND CONSTITUTION MAGNA CHARTA BILL OF RIGHTS. The next pipe, with Britannia on one side and a figure appearing to hold a document on the other, commemorates a Bill of Rights passed in 1820-30, repealing clauses of the Magna Carta. The first pipe, with the broken remains of its bowl, has the figure of a naked woman reclining on the stem this is probably by a French maker. Others: a fox and grapes - probably from a Fox and Grapes tavern, and based on the Aesop's fable. Following this are two pipes with dogs reclining on the stem, the first being a greyhound, beautifully rendered with even its ribs clearly visible.įrog and fish: a very eccentric scene of a frog riding on a fish almost certainly French-made.īirds: a swan, and an eagle (could this be Napoleonic?), There is also a horse hoof, and a pipe with an animal's hoof as a spur.ĭogs: A novelty dog pipe by Dumeril of St Omer, France, with much of the original paint surviving on one side.
The pipe with the horse and crescent moon has the wording 'White Horse' / '& Half Moon', and will almost certainly be from the former White Horse and Half Moon public house in Borough the maker is W. Silk, the third by Burstows of Greenwich, and the fourth rather crudely formed, but with an intact bowl. Horses: four different horse head spurs - the first of superior quality, the second by maker W.
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